WHETHER KARABAKH HAS TO WAIT

What gives rise to negative responses?

The representatives of almost all the influential international organizations, including the UN Secretary, the European Commission, Council of Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe are disseminating criticizing statements, as if they had previously agreed with one another.
The “attitude” expressed by the international community with regard to the current elections, is unprecedented even for the whole 16 years’ history of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Representatives of certain international organizations used to make almost this kind of assessments in the past too, but they rather bore an episodic and uncoordinated character. There is currently an impression as if the whole world has stood up against a small nation that has gained its freedom by its own efforts.
This is caused neither by the increase of Azerbaijan’s international reputation nor the oil-dollars, as some native and foreign “commentators” believe. Neither does the former Soviet Republics’ recognition by the Unites Nations constitute the “corner-stone” of the given phenomenon.
After all, it is accepted under international law that there is no clear-cut supremacy between the principles of territorial integrity and free self-determination by the people. Should the world lean on just one of these principles, its development will either discontinue or assume a chaotic and uncontrollable character.
The universal norms of international law are, after all, applied based on the principle of choice, considering whether a nation, along with proclaiming independence, is capable of protecting and building its independent statehood, that’s to say, proving that it can become a full member of the international community. In this regard, the Nagorno Karabakh Republic has resisted the first stage of the complicated test - to be or not to be. And today, the county has become faced with completely new obstacles.
The time-limits of the July 19 NKR Presidential elections have precisely coincided with the unprecedented sharp discussions over the Kosovo status, currently under-way in the United Nations. Despite all the attempts to persuade Russia, the fourth regular Resolution currently discussed in the UN Security Council, has already deserved that country’s negative assessments, and in case it is put to vote, it will certainly be rejected by the veto of the UN SC permanent member. This is why the UN Secretary General Pan gui Moon has recently made a statement in favor of Kosovo, thus violating the same norms by which the international community refuses time recognize the legitimacy of the NKR Presidential elections.
He believes “Kosovo is a unique problem, which will not establish any precedent for other situations, including the Abkhazian Republic of Georgia and the disputable region of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic of Azerbaijan.”
The following question comes up: in what respect is Kosovo unique and where is its fundamental difference from Nagorno Karabakh? Only the fact that unlike the second Armenian state, i.e. Nagorno Karabakh, the second Albanian state has suffered a defeat in the war against Serbia and at the end, it was saved from extermination with the help of the American bombers. However, it is necessary at the present moment to speedily recognize Kosovo, for making a whole picture of the European Union. As to the Karabakh conflict, it is viewed as one of the potential obstacles towards the region’s European integration, at least for the time being.
The NKR Presidential elections have coincided with such a historic moment that we have involuntarily become a temporary hostage to the Western community’s efforts aimed at granting Kosovo independence. However, regardless whether Kosovo’s independence will be recognized by the UN Security Council or by individual states, this will eliminate the legal bases currently preventing the NKR Presidential elections from being recognized.
We believe, the international tribunals’ negative assessments regarding the NKR Presidential elections and reflecting the current demands of the West-Russia rivalry around the Kosovo issue should be “approached with understanding”, since they will inevitably contribute to the international-legal recognition of the same Nagorno Karabakh in the near future.
VARDAN GRIGORYAN

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