Shall we recognize Basque country, Scottish, Ulster independence stright away?
2008/2/17, angelina markovic <[Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]>: > > > > > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080217/tpl-uk-kosovo-serbia-ex-soviet-43a8d4f.html > < > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080217/tpl-uk-kosovo-serbia-ex-soviet-43a8d4f.html > > > > Ex-Soviet separatist regions take heart from Kosovo > By Christian Lowe and Dmitry Solovyov Reuters - 56 minutes ago > > MOSCOW (Reuters) - Breakaway states in the former Soviet Union said on > Sunday Kosovo's independence would give new impetus to their decades-long > campaign for international recognition. > > Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Azerbaijan's > rebel Nagorno-Karabakh region and Transdniestria, which split from > Moldova, > all declared independence in the 1990s but have not received international > recognition. > > Western backers of Kosovo's independence say it does not create a > precedent > that can be applied elsewhere, but the ex-Soviet rebel regions say that is > a > double standard which will be harder to defend now Kosovo has declared > independence. > > "South Ossetia will appeal to the countries of the (ex-Soviet) > Commonwealth > of Independent States and the United Nations with a request to recognise > our > independence," said South Ossetia's separatist leader Eduard Kokoity. > > "We have a stronger case under international law for recognition than > Kosovo," Kokoity's spokeswoman quoted him as saying. > > "For us, Kosovo is an opportunity to once again bring attention to the > problem of political entities like South Ossetia. > > "For 18 years South Ossetia has been building its statehood and has all > the > attributes of a state, unlike Kosovo. Nevertheless, Kosovo is being > recognised but the problem of South Ossetia and Abkhazia remains unclear." > > Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh said that following Kosovo's move on > Sunday his separatist region on Georgia's Black Sea coast would be making > a > new appeal for recognition to the U.N. and Russia, its biggest backer. > > "The situation with Kosovo is a precedent," Russia's Interfax news agency > quoted Bagapsh as saying. "All the talk about the Kosovo situation being > unique is an example of a policy of double standards." > > RESTORE CONTROL > > Nagorno-Karabakh's foreign minister said Kosovo demonstrated a breakaway > region could win international recognition even if the state it broke away > from opposes the move. > > Ethnic Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh threw off Azerbaijan's > rule > in a 1990s war that killed about 35,000 people. Azerbaijan has vowed to > restore its control. > > "The recognition of Kosovo's independence will become yet another factor > solidifying Nagorno-Karabakh's position in its talks on settling the > conflict with Azerbaijan," the separatist region's foreign minister Georgy > Petrosyan told Reuters. > > In Moldova's Transdniestria region, the separatist parliament was expected > to issue a statement on Monday responding to Kosovo's declaration of > independence. > > Former colonial power Russia is likely to play a crucial role in the > breakaway regions' renewed bids for recognition. > > It backs the separatists in Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transdniestria and > some analysts have predicted it could grant them recognition in the wake > of > Kosovo independence. > > Russia's foreign ministry said last week international recognition for > Kosovo would influence its policy towards the breakaway regions in its own > backyard. > > Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia despite objections from > Belgrade and Russia, Serbia's big-power ally. The United States and most > European Union states are expected to recognise Kosovo independence soon. > > (Reporting by Hasmik Mkrtchyan in Yerevan and Dmitry Chubashenko in > Chisinau; writing by Christian Lowe; editing by Robert Woodward) > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > < > http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
