May 25, 2006 - 15:19 AMT
Expert: Montenegro May Not Be Example for Karabakh
The referendum in Montenegro cannot be applied to Nagorno Karabakh, head of the Department of Turkey of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Doctor Ruben Safrastyan told PanARMENIAN.Net. In his words, Azerbaijan will never recognize the independence of NKR as different from Serbia, which agreed with the referendum returns.

May 21 a referendum on independence was held in Montenegro. The Montenegro independence block collected 55.5% of constituency votes, while the supporters of preservation of the common state got 44.5% of votes.