NKR CEC REGISTERED PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
June 14 2007

Today the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic Central Electoral Commission has
rendered a decision to register all the five presidential nominees.

To remind, Presidential elections will be held in NKR current July 19.

The presidential nominees are an MP Armen Abgarian, a lecturer of the
Artsakh State University Vania Avanesian, NKR deputy FM Masis Mailian,
the first secretary of the NKR Communist Party CC Hrant Melkoumian
and Head of the NKR National Security Service Bako Sahakian.

None of the presidential nominees has violated a qualification of
settled life, NKR CEC Head Sergey Nasibian told DE FACTO today.

Sergey Nasibian noted according to the NKR Civil Code and the
government’s resolution on a passport regime ‘~Rpermanent or primary
residence in the Republic during 10 years’~R was considered permanent
residence.

Agitation campaign will be held June 20-July 17.