NKR CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION SITTING
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
20 March 2006
On March 16 NKR President Arkady Ghukassian chaired the recurrent
sitting of the NKR Constitutional Commission, during which the first
two chapters of the bill of the NKR Constitution were discussed. After
the address of Armen Zalinian, the head of the working group,
a debate took place among the political forces represented in
the commission, representatives of both the government and the
opposition. Arkady Ghukassian instructed the group of experts to
study the observations and proposals put forward during the debate
and draw up conclusions. Summing up the results of the sitting, the
president emphasized the importance of compliance of the constitution
with the international standards. He mentioned that the final draft of
the constitution will be presented not only to the political forces
and public of NKR, but also authoritative experts of the world and
the Armenian Diaspora. The president instructed the working group to
work out the schedule of activity of the Constitutional Commission.