Discussions over the prospects for international recognition of the Ngorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) held with numerous Armenian and foreign experts gave the NKR Public Foreign Policy and Security Council the idea of addressing a message to the traditional Armenian parties and the Diasporan lobbyist organizations, Council Chairman Masis Mailyan said in his interview with the Analitikon monthly published in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). He pointed out that the issues “has become even more urgent after the latest developments in the Armenian-Turkish dialogue, and after the publication of the so-called Madrid principles, which actually pose a threat to the future of both Armenia and NKR.”

Also, Mailyan said, the recognition of Kosovo, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, served as a precedent for the recognition of other new states in defiance of the former “monopolies’” will. “As a matter of fact, the United States, most of the EU member-states, Russia, Turkey, as well as a number of other states, for various reasons, preferred the recognition of unrecognized states. The states arrived at the conclusion that recognition means consolidating security and stability in the conflict zones, which, besides everything, does not require huge efforts or funds,” he said.

“The Council members and experts hold the opinion that, in a new international situation, the efforts aimed at the international recognition of the NKR jointly made by Disaporan organizations and official agencies of Armenia and NKR will be crowned with success. Our nationals abroad have a wide experience – they have gained it for decades in their activities aimed at the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. It is time to apply this experience in consolidating the Armenian victories in Artsakh by means of international law,” Mailyan said.

T.P.