NAGORNYY KARABAKH LEADER SAYS KARABAKH SUCCESSFUL STATE

Mediamax news agency
3 Sep 07

Yerevan, 3 September: The president of the Nagornyy Karabakh republic
[NKR], Arkadi Ghukasyan, has stated that "the proclamation of the
Nagornyy Karabakh republic (NKR) in 1991 was the only right approach,
which did not have an alternative".

Mediamax reports that Arkadi Ghukasyan said this in Stepanakert on
2 September, on the day of the 16th anniversary of NKR proclamation.

The president stated that "we have a bright past – we gained victory
in the war, overcame the post-war syndrome and built a state".

"We are successful as a state, irrespective of whether the
international community recognizes us or not. Today no-one can refuse
to face the reality that the Nagornyy Karabakh republic exists,"
Arkadi Ghukasyan stated.

Speaking on 2 September during the ceremony of opening the new building
of the parliament of the Nagornyy Karabakh republic in Stepanakert,
the chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, Tigran Torosyan,
stated that the NKR is a sustained independent state. He stressed that
"there is not a slightest doubt that the NKR will be recognized by
the international community".

Tigran Torosyan described the NKR proclamation as a "great miracle",
which, according to him, in the course of time will be estimated at
its true worth.

"Today we have two states with great potential, of which we could
not even dream before," Tigran Torosyan stated.