Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
July 5 2007
Head of PACE Assures Forthcoming Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh will
Not be Recognized by International Community
The forthcoming elections in Nagorno-Karabakh will not be recognized
by the international community, the Chairman of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Rene van der Linden, stated
at a press conference in Yerevan, Armenia, on 4 June, Novosti-Armenia
quoted.
`Frankly speaking, the elections in Nagorno-Karabakh cannot be
recognized by the international community,’ he said.
The so-called presidential elections in fabricated Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) may possibly take place on 19 July. Currently five
candidates are battling for the position namely, Bako Saakyan, (the
head of the National Security Service of the NKR), Masis Mailyan,
(the Deputy Foreign Minister of the NKR), Armen Abgaryan (a deputy
with the National Assembly of the NKR), and Vanya Avanesyan (a
tutor).