A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo for the future of Nagoro Karabakh held in Michigan University

The seminar was organized by the Program of Armenian studies of the Michigan University, lead by famous political scientists Jirair Libaridyan and Ronald Suni, as well as the Geneva center Himera led by journalist Vigen Cheteryan.

On the whole, the seminar participants came to a conclusion that it is unreal to expect the international recognition of the separatist regime in Nagorno Karabakh, while Kosovo's example is an exclusion, rather than a precedent.

Consul general of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov and professor of the Columbian university Gocha Lordkipanidze spoke at the seminar.

The Azerbaijani diplomat stressed differences between the development of events in Kosovo and in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, while the Georgian expert touched upon the illegality of Russia's actions regarding separatist regions of Georgia.

Yet on the background of quite a positive spirit of discussios, several aggressive statements of Russian political scientist Andranik Migrasyan addressed to Azerbaijan and Georgia sounded dissonant. Notably, unlike other participants of the seminar, including its organizers- Armenians, it was Migrasyan who was actively referring to the Kosovo precedent and displayed lesser interest in the peaceful resolution of the territorial conflicts in the Caucasus.

The seminar was transmitted in the Internet and the related video material will soon appear on the webpage of the Michigan University.

/Day.Az/