NKR PROVED ITS COMMITMENT TO ITS RIGHT OF DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT, RUSSIAN OBSERVERS SAY

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20.07.2007 14:20

"We congratulate for the successful conduct of presidential elections
in Nagorno Karabakh. We congratulate also Bako Sahakyan, the winner
of the elections," head of the observation mission from the Russian
Federation, Director of the CIS Institute Konstantin Zatulin declared
during today’s briefing.

"Again Nagorno Karabakh proved its commitment to its right of democracy
and development," he noted. Expressing confidence that in the future
a number of countries will recognize the independence of Kosovo,
Konstantin Zatulin noted that the trend of democratization and
development in Nagorno Karabakh create opportunities for attracting
attention.

It’s worth mentioning that today the group of Russian observers came
forth with a statement on the Presidential elections in NKR. It is
underlined in the statement that the elections were transparent,
free and legal, no frauds were registered. The shortcomings were
of technical character. At the same time, the Russian observers
expressed regret that representatives of the Council of Europe and
other structures do not recognize the results of the elections in NKR.