Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 23 2007
KARABAKH PRESIDENT HAS NO INTENTION TO RUN FOR THIRD PRESIDENTIAL
TERM
STEPANAKERT, February 23. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh President Arkady
Ghukasyan reiterated Wednesday that has no intention to run for the
third presidential term, ARKA correspondent reports from Karabakh.
In his national address aimed at denying allegations emerged recently
in media outlets about his intention to race for presidency,
Ghukasyan denounced these allegations as apparent attempts to split
the community.
Ghukasyan said in his address that despite ordinary people,
politicians, MPs, prominent diplomats and political analysts asked
him to run for the third term, he remains steadfast in his
determination not to do it.
"Expressing profound gratitude to all those citizens of out republic
who support domestic and foreign policy pursued by me and want to see
me in office, I say again that is not going to run for the third
presidential term. There nothing more precious to me than my
homeland’s image, without which Nagorno-Karabakh Republic can’t be
recognized y the world community", he said. M.V.-0–
From: Baghdasarian