No state will dare to recognize NKR’s independence unless Armenia does it, Arsen Melik-Shahnazarov, advisor to NKR Foreign Minister, said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.
However, the issue should be weighed up and timely, according to him.
“Official recognition of NKR will put an end to defective concept brought forth by the Armenian National Movement. The fact is that the administrative borders of Nagorno Karabakh are not those of former NKAO,” he said, adding, “Armenia can issue an official statement on recognition of de-facto NKR and conclude a number of agreements, like the United States did in 1972 as regards unrecognized Taiwan. The Republic of Armenia and NKR are represented by ‘one nation and two states’. The phrase Aliyev senior used to repeat when speaking about Azerbaijan and Turkey.”
