RUSSIAN OBSERVERS FOLLOWED NKR ELECTIONS ON THEIR OWN
INITIATIVE AND IN PERSONAL CAPACITY: RUSSIAN FM

MOSCOW, JUNE 23. ARMINFO. The Russian citizens observing the
parliamentary elections in Nagorno Karabakh did that exclusively on
their own initiative and in personal capacity, says Russian Foreign
Ministry.

The source says that Moscow consistenly supports the principle of
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity like the other norms and
principles of the international law. Russia does not recognize
Nagorno Karabakh as an independent state. The Russian FM is convinced
that the status of Nagorno Karabakh should be determined by peace
talks under the Minsk process. It does not consider that the peace
process should depends on some elections in Nagorno Karabakh. The FM
assures that Russia together with the US and France will continue its
active efforts to help the Azeris and Armenians to find a solution to
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, reports RBK.