Download or read book The Karabakh Problem. Thorny Path to Freedom and Independence written by Nikolay Hovhannisyan and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Second, revised edition, structural changes are introduced and widen the framework of the questions under the discussion in compare with the First edition, 1999. The attention is focused on the reasons of forcibly attachment of Karabakh to Azerbaijan, to a state, which did not exist in history as a state until 1918, and which was a violation of self-determination right of the Karabakh Armenians. The author empha-sized the importance of new approaches to the resolution of Karabakh conflict taking into account new political, military and legal realities. It is also underlined the lawful right of this ancient Armenian native land for union with motherland Armenia or for state independence. In a special chapter the author reviewed and evaluated several vari-ants of the Karabakh conflict resolution, proposed by different interna-tional organizations, policy makers or scholars, including the last suggestions made in framework of the OSCE Minsk group.