October 1, 2008 - 17:19 AMT
NKR people's right to self-determination fixed in OSCE MG Madrid Document
Armenia should announce that it will not recognize Nagorno Karabakh as long as the Madrid proposals of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs mention of the NKR people's right to self-determination, Armenian ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told a news conference today.

This provision is fixed in the document on the table, so Armenia doesn't need to hurry with recognition, according to him.

"And last but not least, no one should forget that the people of Nagorno Karabakh asserted their right to self-determination in a war launched by Azerbaijan. To prevent ethnic cleansing the people of Karabakh had to defend their territorial integrity," Oskanian emphasized.