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STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR; Artsakh) President Bako Sahakyan on Wednesday visited the Consulate General of Armenia in Los Angeles, California, and participated in an award ceremony.

The President handed NKR state awards to a group of public and state figures from the Armenian diaspora and the US, for assisting in the California State Assembly and Senate adoption of the resolution on the independence of Artsakh, informed the Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President.

Sahakyan assessed the NKR recognition by California as a unique political, legal and moral address supporting the process of exercising the right of peoples to self-determination and building a civilized democratic state. He noted that this was a tangible victory, which was achieved by the joint efforts owing to the firm Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity, and the genuine and strong friendship of the American partners.

Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, who is Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Aghabekyan, Ambassador of Armenia to the US Tigran Sargsyan, Consul General of Armenia to Los Angeles Sergey Sarkisov, several other officials, and representatives of the local Armenian community also attended this event.

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