Kiro Manoyan: The ruling of the ICJ about Kosovo is a good opportunity to show the international community that the recognition of the NKR is not against the international right
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YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS: The ruling of the International Court of Justice about Kosovo is a good opportunity to show the international community that the recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic is not against the international right, head of the ARF Armenian Cause and political affairs office Kiro Manoyan said today at a news conference, adding that the ruling of the court does not only refer to Kosovo.
“It is a good reason to be active and calm down the international community so that they do think that by recognizing the independence of the NKR they will make a step against international right,” Kiro Manoyan said. According to him, it is necessary to every time remind the international political circles that Artsakh has declared its independence when it was outside of the authority of the Soviet Azerbaijan and it was done on the basis of soviet laws.
“It is necessary to again remind the world the basics of the Artsakh’s independence. In this case the Artsakh’s voice must reach not only Yerevan but farther. The statements made from Artsakh are not enough: it is necessary to focus the attention of international mass media on Karabakh and I hope it is not late yet to undertake steps in that direction,” he said.
Referring to the issue on recognition of the NKR Independence by Armenia, Kiro Manoyan said that it is not right to say that Armenia has not recognized the NKR’s independence, on the other hand it is not right to say that it has de jure recognized it. “Armenia recognized a bit more from de facto as we have inter-state agreements. The recognition by Armenia will make it easier for other states to do it,” Kiro Manoyan said.
According to him, Azerbaijan is afraid of taking the issue to the legal field as it is useless for it.
“Azerbaijan has no legal basis to declare Karabakh a part of its territory: Karabakh has never been part of independent Azerbaijan: with the laws of the USSR it came out from Azerbaijan. Knowing all this, Azerbaijan is trying to withdraw the NK conflict settlement process from the circles of the OSCE and move it to other instances which do not have authorities to settle such issues,” Kiro Manoyan concluded.