Talk:Robert Kocharian

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In your article you mention that Robert Kocharian was born in Nagorno Karabakh then part of Azerbaijan.

I want to remind you that Nagorno Karabakh is still a part of Azerbaijan which is under Armenian occupation. I do urge you to change above mentioned reference.

[edit] POV statement about Nagorno-Karabakh

Sorry, but in your article there is a clear POV statement about Nagorno-Karabakh, TO say that Karabakh "is an historically-Armenian province that was arbitrarily granted to Azerbaijan by Josef Stalin in the 1920s" means to present this disputed issue under a pro-armenian point of view, while Wikipedia must remain neutral.

In the Wikipedia article about Nagorno-Karabakh it is written:

In 1920, Transcaucasia was taken over by the Bolsheviks who, in order to attract public support, promised that they would allot Karabakh to Armenia, along with Nakhichevan, and Zangezur (separating Nakhichevan from Azerbaijan proper). However, Moscow also had far-reaching plans concerning Turkey, hoping that it would, with a little help from Russia, develop along Communist lines. Needing to appease Turkey, Moscow agreed to a division that left Zangezur to Armenia, while LEAVING Karabakh and Nakhichevan in Azerbaijan. As a result, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region was established within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. Most of the decisions on the transfer of the territories, and the establishment of new autonomous entities, were made under pressure from Stalin, who is still blamed by both Azeris and Armenians for arbitrary decisions made against their national interests.

So, under this point of view Karabakh was LEFT to Azerbaijan and not "arbitrally given by Stalin". I praise you to change the statement, because if not the article can't be considered NPOV.

P.S. I noticed that the same statement about Karabakh " an historically-Armenian province that was arbitrarily granted to Azerbaijan by Josef Stalin in the 1920s" is present also in other articles and in my opinion this is not really neutral.

Best Regards!

(Virgilio 15:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC))

Is this an acceptable version? Ulf-S.

Excellent one I have to say. You found a very good compromise my friend, thank you very much. Best Regards!

(Virgilio 22:11, 8 September 2005 (UTC))