While settling conflicts it is better to concentrate on rights of people and not on principles

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Principles of territorial integrity and people's right to self-determination really exist. But we are trying to avoid discussions over abstract issues," Ireland's Ambassador to Armenia Justin Harman stated at the interview to the PanARMENIAN.Net He said, while settling conflicts it is better to concentrate on people, their rights, economic development. "When we insisted on principles, we could not move from the same point. The peace process in Ireland became possible, since the sides agreed to concentrate not only on political issues, but also on pragmatism: issues concerning local self-government, creation of a working structure based not on prejudices, but on common sense. But here is the important thing: neither of parties demands to refuse the Northern Ireland the right to determine its status. There exist two variants: the Northern Ireland and Great Britain (which we have today) and unification of both parts of the country. It is early to say what variant we will arrive to," Harman said.

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