Armenia-Azerbaijan: Expert says legal disputes can't hinder peace process

PanARMENIAN.Net - Representative of Armenia for international legal affairs Yeghishe legal disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot hinder the peace process

“In my opinion, the point of legal disputes is to establish peace to some extent,” he said when asked about Azerbaijan's proposal to exclude legal disputes from the process.

“When states initiate legal disputes, resolve differences in a civilized way, it also means prevention of war”.

“I can confidently say that the ongoing dispute initiated by Armenia, for example, on the basis of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which is being examined at the International Court of Justice, based also on the preamble to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, is aimed at preventing war because from the beginning, one of the goals of the convention itself was that the prevention and prohibition of promoting racism is aimed at strengthening peace and preventing war. In my opinion, it is very reasonable and logical,” Kirakosyan told reporters on Friday, January 10.

When asked whether Armenia could succumb to Azerbaijan's demands and withdraw its legal disputes against Baku from international courts, Kirakosyan said: "One should not rush to comment on that. Azerbaijan also has cases against Armenia; it is not only Armenia that has cases against Azerbaijan. Here the question rises: if Azerbaijan is confident in its legal positions, why are they putting forward the idea of stopping court proceedings?”