EU doesn’t recognize Nagorno-Karabakh election but attaches importance to consolidation around de facto leadership

16:58, 9 September 2023

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. The European Union has announced it doesn’t recognize the presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh but believes “it is important for the Karabakh Armenians to consolidate around de facto leadership that is able and willing to engage in result-oriented discussions with Baku.”

The EU’s diplomatic service issued a statement after Samvel Shahramanyan was elected President of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 9.

“In view of the so-called 'presidential elections' in Khankendi/Stepanakert on 9 September 2023, the European Union reiterates that it does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework within which they have been held. At the same time, the EU believes that it is important for the Karabakh Armenians to consolidate around de facto leadership that is able and willing to engage in result-oriented discussions with Baku. The EU is committed to supporting this process,” the European Union External Action Service said.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS