Referendum on the Constitution of the NKR - one more step forward towards the international recognition

PanARMENIAN.Net - The mentioned organization, before the referendum had announced that "holding the referendum is violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, norms and principles of international rights, therefore it will have no legal significance and its results will be recognized as invalid". Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that according to the USSR Constitution, the autonomous republics and regions had the same rights as the 15 "main" republics. That means, that the autonomous region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, South Ossetia and all the more Ajaria and Abkhazia, which used to be autonomous republics, have the right of self-determination without breaking the principle of territorial integrity. Consequently, they had and still have the right of holding referendums and elections. According to the Head of the International Relations Problems Department of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis Sergey Markedonov, the referendum on adopting the Constitution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, was first of all addressed to the World Community. "Both USA and European Union talk much of democratization as of a crucial factor in solving conflicts in a peaceful way. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic demonstrated adherence to this method", he said.


As for GUAM Countries (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldavia), they have recently been acting on one principle: "that's the guilty conscience speaking", however this principle is not strategically very successful. Only the powerful country, having no complaints and demands, is recognized by the World Community. It is the case, when it has no oil; in case it does, it is quite another thing. Thanks God, Nagorno-Karabakh has no oil, so it is free to do whatever he wants (within reasonable limits, of course). Yet, Azerbaijan can always be controlled and threatened with sanctions of Ilham Aliyev's authoritarian regime, who feeds the population with tales about "fairy oil incomes", but in real the money goes into the clan's pocket only. But these are just trifles. Later in an announcement made by GUAM Countries, there was an idea which was repeated by anyone who "didn't recognize the results": "The referendum disturbs the ongoing peaceful process and aims at destabilizing the situation in the region and deludes the International Community. This act contradicts the universally recognized standards and values of democracy and the human rights. Any Constitutional Document stipulating for self-government of the Nagorno-Karabakh population may be developed within the frames of legal, democratic and peaceful processes with full, equal and immediate participation of the whole population of the region, composed of both Azerbaijani and Armenian Communities".

The most moving part of the whole story was the part about the participation of the Azerbaijani Community in the Referendum of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Yes, let them come and vote, who doesn't allow them to? Just wondering, why should the population of 2-3 villages impose its will on the 95% population? Or maybe the Azerbaijani authorities think that the safe haven is also included in the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Then there are no unanswered questions left, they accepted themselves, so it means that these territories are not subject to any return.

In general, there is a rather familiar air in the content of the announcement- it is very typical to Central Committee of the CPSU, when Brejnev and Aliyev Senior were in power. The style is very typical to the party, having tendency for "democracy", as it is understood by GUAM Countries, and first of all, by Azerbaijan. The cost of the announcement is the same as that of other parties' -published and forgotten. Especially when the discussions about the "frozen conflicts in the territory of GUAM Countries" have been suspended in U.N.O. for a year. For an organization like that - a year is a very long term and it may be considered that the resolution has been simply "frozen".