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NAGORNY KARABAKH TO GET A CONSTITUTION
Samvel Martirosyan
RusData Dialine - Russian Press Digest
December 12, 2006 Tuesday
The breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region overwhelmingly approved a
new pro-independence constitution, returns from a Sunday referendum
showed. Azerbaijan shrugged off the vote as a "farce," and the European
Union said it would not recognize it. The region broke away from
Azerbaijan in the early 1990's and has no international recognition.
But Karabakh's leader described the plebiscite, seen as a signal of
the region's commitment to independence, as a factor which could help
revive languishing talks on its future status. Karabakh wants to be
part of the talks underway between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the
status of the region.
According to official figures released Monday by the Karabakh elections
commission, 98.6 percent of voters approved the constitution, which
describes Karabakh as a sovereign state.
Samvel Martirosyan
RusData Dialine - Russian Press Digest
December 12, 2006 Tuesday
The breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region overwhelmingly approved a
new pro-independence constitution, returns from a Sunday referendum
showed. Azerbaijan shrugged off the vote as a "farce," and the European
Union said it would not recognize it. The region broke away from
Azerbaijan in the early 1990's and has no international recognition.
But Karabakh's leader described the plebiscite, seen as a signal of
the region's commitment to independence, as a factor which could help
revive languishing talks on its future status. Karabakh wants to be
part of the talks underway between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the
status of the region.
According to official figures released Monday by the Karabakh elections
commission, 98.6 percent of voters approved the constitution, which
describes Karabakh as a sovereign state.