The claim that the U.S. World Court’s judgment on Kosovo has to do with Kosovo alone, and cannot be applied to similar cases, is, to put it mildly, untrue, Giro Manoyan, Director of the Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) office, Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), told reporters.

According to him, Armenia must repeatedly stress that the World Court passed the right judgment, suggesting to the international community that Kosovo can serve as a precedent for Nagorno-Karabakh as well. It is important for Armenia to do its best to stress that the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh will not run counter to any international legal norm. The World Court’s judgment on Kosovo is an opportunity to stress that Nagorno-Karabakh’s international recognition is within international law, Manoyan said. He warned against concentrating on the idea that the judgment can only be applied to Kosovo.

The ARF representative the World Court’s judgment is a clear one. It can be viewed as a political judgment, which is supposed to enable the Armenian side to be more active. It must be made use of for raising the issue of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Manoyan said.

He added that this is a case when Nagorno-Karabakh’s voice must be heard even better not only in Yerevan, but also outside.

More than 60 nations have recognized Kosovo’s independence. Among them are the United States and 22 of the 27 EU member-states.