Today.Az » Politics » CSTO lacks right to intervene in Nagorno-Karabakh process
22 February 2012 [09:13] - Today.Az
Speculation around the issue of unconditional protection of Armenia by the Organization of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in all possible scenarios of developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh should cause at least surprise.
Armenia will receive all necessary assistance in case of aggravation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha said today.
"Armenia is a full CSTO member. It is obliged to present its capabilities to ensure the collective security of another country and has the right to receive the same support from its allies," Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha said today at a news conference in RIA Novosti.
However, the error, which is repeated from year to year by Mr Bordyuzha, speaking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can hardly account for his ignorance.
By law, according to the right to collective defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, the CSTO has the right to provide the State party with the necessary assistance, including military, in the case of an act of aggression against the state party itself, in this case - Armenia. But what does the Nagorno-Karabakh have to do with this?
Military scenario over Nagorno-Karabakh does not envisage and will never envisage the attack of Azerbaijan on Armenia. Is there at least one state in the world today, which doubts that Nagorno Karabakh is not Armenia, but the territory, which de jure belongs to Azerbaijan? They can not be interpreting this fact to please their own interests, since there is no country in the world that would recognize independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and cast doubt on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
If we look at the situation impartially, Yerevan should understand that despite loud statements of the Secretary General of the CSTO, Armenia's membership in the Organization of Collective Security Treaty does not guarantee that the members will come to the rescue of Yerevan in the case of a military invasion of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh.
Legally, the CSTO has no right to do it, because the Nagorno-Karabakh is a part of Azerbaijan and in no way relates to any of the CSTO member states, and Baku is not going to declare the war to a member of the CSTO - Armenia, for which the rest of the organization's members could stand up.
By the way, even commitments taken by Armenia to protect Nagorno-Karabakh to the present day have no international recognition.
The CSTO has repeatedly rejected the assumption of its participation in peacekeeping operation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, stressing that the Nagorno-Karabakh is the territory of Azerbaijan.
"Azerbaijan is not a member to the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and we can not without its consent to enter our units on its territory. Our charter clearly says that without the consent of the country that is not a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, our structure has no right to carry out any military operations on its territory," the CSTO press-service said in July, 2009. Nothing has changed since then, Nagorno-Karabakh is still part of Azerbaijan.
/Trend/
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