ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER SAYS KARABAKH POLLS MAY IMPACT ARMENIA
Arminfo
19 Jul 07
Yerevan, 19 July: The presidential election in the Nagornyy Karabakh
republic [NKR] will have a serious impact on all other developments
in the region, Democratic Party of Armenia leader Aram Sargsyan told
a news conference in Yerevan today.
He said that the problem is not about the election of a new president
in the NKR but about the fact that Azerbaijan has managed to convince
the international community that Nagornyy Karabakh is an integral
part of Azerbaijan. "The international community’s negative reaction
to the Karabakh election also has an impact on Armenia. As a result,
Armenia may become an outsider in the region," he said.
[Passage omitted: reported background]