NAGORNO KARABAKH PEOPLE ELECT COUNTRY’S NEXT PRESIDENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.07.2007 12:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today the Nagorno Karabakh Republic holds
presidential elections. Five candidates are running for the
presidential post. Ex-Director of the NKR National Security Service
Bako Sahakyan, former Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mailyan, NKR
NA member Armen Abgaryan, lecturer at the Artsakh State University
professor Vanya Avanesyan and leader of Artsakhi Communist Party,
head of the Control Service of the NKR Government’s Administration
are running for the post.

Over 100 international observers have arrived in Stepanakert to
observe the presidential elections. As a PanARMENIAN.Net came to
know from the NKR CEC, 53 foreign journalists and 47 observers (40
representing international organizations and 7 representing local ones)
have been already registered. Observers have arrived from Armenia, US,
Italy, Greece, Germany, Serbia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Macedonia,
France and CIS member states.