NAGORNO- KARABAKH ELECTS SEPARATIST HEAD
Focus News, Bulgaria
July 20 2007
N Karabakh. The breakaway ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh
has elected a separatist former security chief as president, election
officials say, cited by BBC.
Bako Sahakyan secured 85% of the vote in a landslide victory. Nagorno
Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan, which has dismissed the vote.
Thousands died when Azerbaijan and Armenia fought over the area in
the 1990s.
Mr Sahakyan has said he wants the poll to help Nagorno-Karabakh secure
broader approval for its claim to independence. No country currently
recognises the enclave’s claim.