Baku has no legal argument to support its claims for Karabakh, Head of Academy of Political Research NGO Alexander Manasyan told a news conference in Yerevan. “Unfortunately, Armenian side possesses no information on the legal aspects of Karabakh conflict. Media do not have full understanding of the problem either. Baku currently cannot submit any document to argue its claims for NKR, a state that was formed on lands not belonging to Azerbaijan,” Armenian expert said. Madrid Principles, according to him, do not contain any pro-Armenian clause, however, Armenian side possesses all legal arguments to introduce them in the positive light.
Political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan noted in turn that in 1992, NK Supreme Council applied to UN Security Council, informing it that Karabakh was going to resort to self-defense against Azerbaijani aggression. “Thereafter, UN Security Council passed 4 Resolutions on Karabakh. None of them defines Armenia as conflicting party participating in war. And Baku currently declares that Armenia is a state aggressor under all those document,” expert said. “If Armenians did not live on those lands for 10 years, that doesn’t mean anything. Present-day border with Azerbaijan, although not fair, is safe,” Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan stated.
