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July 20, 2012 Friday 11:12 AM GMT+4
Bako Saakyan reelected president of Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN July 20
Bako Saakyan has been reelected president of Nagorno-Karabakh,
according to preliminary results of the presidential election held on
Thursday.
According to republic's Central Election Commission, Saakyan got 66.7
percent of the vote. Saakyan has been holding the post since July 19,
2007. The president is elected for the term of five years.
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is de jure part of Azerbaijan, unilaterally
declared itself an independent republic in 1991. The Azerbaijani
enclave has the Armenian population of 137,000 people. The
international community does not recognize the republic of
Nagorno-Karabakh and all elections held there.
It believes that the holding of elections can damage the process of
the Karabakh settlement that the OSCE Minsk Group for Nagorno-Karabakh
deals with. Russia, France and the United States are its co-chairmen.
However, Yerevan and Stepanokert, on the contrary, are confident that
only the popularly elected leader can conduct negotiations on the
settlement of the conflict.
About 80 observers from 15 countries monitored the election, and
assessed the voting process positively. A group of parliamentarians
from Russian State Duma lower house of parliament also took part in
the monitoring process.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began on February 22, 1988. On November
29, 1989 direct rule in Nagorno-Karabakh was ended and Azerbaijan
regained control of the region. However later a joint session of the
Armenian parliament and the top legislative body of Nagorno-Karabakh
proclaimed the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.
On December 10, 1991, Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh held a referendum,
boycotted by local Azerbaijanis, which approved the creation of an
independent state.
The struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated after both Armenia and
Azerbaijan obtained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By the
end of 1993, the conflict had caused thousands of casualties and
created hundreds of thousands of refugees on both sides. An unofficial
ceasefire was reached on May 12, 1994.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
July 20, 2012 Friday 11:12 AM GMT+4
Bako Saakyan reelected president of Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN July 20
Bako Saakyan has been reelected president of Nagorno-Karabakh,
according to preliminary results of the presidential election held on
Thursday.
According to republic's Central Election Commission, Saakyan got 66.7
percent of the vote. Saakyan has been holding the post since July 19,
2007. The president is elected for the term of five years.
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is de jure part of Azerbaijan, unilaterally
declared itself an independent republic in 1991. The Azerbaijani
enclave has the Armenian population of 137,000 people. The
international community does not recognize the republic of
Nagorno-Karabakh and all elections held there.
It believes that the holding of elections can damage the process of
the Karabakh settlement that the OSCE Minsk Group for Nagorno-Karabakh
deals with. Russia, France and the United States are its co-chairmen.
However, Yerevan and Stepanokert, on the contrary, are confident that
only the popularly elected leader can conduct negotiations on the
settlement of the conflict.
About 80 observers from 15 countries monitored the election, and
assessed the voting process positively. A group of parliamentarians
from Russian State Duma lower house of parliament also took part in
the monitoring process.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began on February 22, 1988. On November
29, 1989 direct rule in Nagorno-Karabakh was ended and Azerbaijan
regained control of the region. However later a joint session of the
Armenian parliament and the top legislative body of Nagorno-Karabakh
proclaimed the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.
On December 10, 1991, Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh held a referendum,
boycotted by local Azerbaijanis, which approved the creation of an
independent state.
The struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated after both Armenia and
Azerbaijan obtained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By the
end of 1993, the conflict had caused thousands of casualties and
created hundreds of thousands of refugees on both sides. An unofficial
ceasefire was reached on May 12, 1994.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress