The World Is Waking Up To People's Self Determination

This morning CNN had changed totally. For a moment I thought I am watching a Russian channel not the CNN, as the network was showing what the Russians were telling already few days: that the Georgia and it's president Saakashvili committed atrocities in South Ossetia. I hear more talks on CNN about the recognition of these republics' independence and getting peace in the region.

Indeed it's time that Azerbaijan and Georgia realize that they have lost Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia because of the attempted ethnic cleansing of the minorities in these republics and because of oppression of their people so the indigenous population can flee the land and there is no one to claim the land except Azerbaijan and Georgia.

It is clear that the international community is realizing that the territorial integrity of any country is a lower standard than the human right to freedom and national right to self determination. I think this is the New World Order that is coming up.

We have peace in Kosovo and Balkans because because Kosovo is recognized and Serbia's territorial integrity is put aside due to Serbian atrocities sin Kosovo.

We will have peace in Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia as the world is getting ready to recognize Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence. It is also clear that Saakashvili's days as Georgian president are numbered. I doubt if the Georgian people will continue to support his actions that seriously damaged the country's territorial integrity. Although Saakashvili started as a democrat.

Azerbaijan and it's people should take note of this situation too. Nagorno Karabakh is a declared republic, which has conducted it's referendum and determined its status years ago. Therefore, no one can understand and appreciate Azerbaijan's repeated threats that it can take back Nagorno Karabakh by force and military means any time if the talks don't bring any results.

Azerbaijan and it's business interests would be better served if the country signed quick peace with it's neighbors to move on and look beyond Nagorno Karabakh.

Azerbaijan's case for territorial integrity (gaining Karabakh with force) is a very weak case no matter how strong propaganda they do. Today's world is going for independence of Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh. This is the only guarantee for peace and development.

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Sedrak Mkrtchyan's picture

It is really the time to realize that making the way of things go back by force, opposing the national processes and refusing to open eyes on the real demands of people is not the best way the world society should take. Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichevan were once granted to newly formed Azerbaijan and South part of Osetia and Abkhazia were presented to Georgia, may be because they thought it would be easier for governmental bodies to rule, anyway the people of these regions have all shown their wish to correct Stalin's mistake, even have all organized referendums, got to know the wish of people, except Nakhichevan, which was emptied from the whole Armenian population, after it entered Azerbaijan, so Nakhichevan remain "calm", but the rest have made their decision long ago, so I think all efforts of official Azerbaijan and Georgia aimed at turning the way of things back are useless and erroneous.

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Sedrak Mkrtchyan (News Blog )

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