NATO SIDED WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT RECOGNIZE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.07.2007 15:15 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ NATO does not recognize the results of presidential
elections in Nagorno Karabakh, NATO Spokesman James Appathurai
stated yesterday. He said, like other international organizations
and structures "NATO does not recognize the results of presidential
elections, as well as any other elections in Karabakh," AHN reported.
Today Nagorno Karabakh holds presidential elections.
According to the CEC of NKR, by 11 o’clock local time 24.5% of eligible
NKR citizens have participated in the voting thus overcoming the
minimum necessary barrier for elections to be valid.
Five candidates are running for the presidential post.
Ex-Director of the NKR National Security Service Bako Sahakyan, former
Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mailyan, NKR NA member Armen Abgaryan,
lecturer at the Artsakh State University professor Vanya Avanesyan
and leader of Artsakhi Communist Party, head of the Control Service
of the NKR Government’s Administration are running for the post.