Ruben Zargaryan: Karabakh issue resolved through formation of independent Karabakh Republic

PanARMENIAN.Net - Statements that the destiny of Karabakh is in the hands of world powers demonstrate disbelief and lack of professionalism in analysis of global political processes. The history of Armenia has shown that confidence in decisions of the world powers results in calamity, an NKR official said.

 

"Determination of Nagorno Karabakh's status is the exclusive right of its people, who hold the key to their homeland. The issue has been already resolved through formation of independent Karabakh Republic," Ruben Zargaryan, historian and adviser to Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net



"The Nagorno Karabakh Republic is a state with its own national interests, the fact acknowledged by many countries," he said, adding that The Convention on the Rights and Duties of States was a treaty (which was later accepted as part of customary international law) signed at Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 26, 1933 reads that "the political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states."

 

The Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict can't be resolved without soonest recognition of NKR independence and its full-fledged participation in talks. At that, NKR recognition should be the starting point but not the final one. Upon fulfillment of these two fundamental conditions, other complicated issues such as territories, refugees and borders, according to Zargaryan.

 

"Independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic cannot be questioned. A peace agreement meeting the interests of the people of Artsakh and Azerbaijan should be signed as soon as possible. To secure international recognition of Karabakh, systematic and purposeful work is needed," he said.

Full text of the interview