RA FM: we don't seek for precedents in Karabkah issue

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Irrespective of our wish, precedents have certain weight in international relations. With the lapse of time, their repetition transforms into norms of international law. However, we do not seek for precedents in the Karabakh issue," Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said when asked whether Kosovo model can become a precedent for the Karabakh problem.



"Our approach to conflict settlement is unchangeable: all conflicts are unique and each resolution can have its specific form. The more so because the talks on Karabakh are held in the framework of Karabakhi people's right to self-determination. History can't be turned back. If the Kosovo problem is not a precedent, so we would not admit logic opposite to the precedent. In other words, if the international community wants to bring to the notion of Karabakhi population that Kosovo's independence doesn't imply independence of Karabakh, it should also explain to Azerbaijan that Nagorno Karabakh can exercise the right of nations to self-determination. Consequently, proceeding from peculiarities and logic of the talks each conflict should receive an individual solution," the Minister told Kommersant daily.