STEPANAKERT. – Under the decision of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Government, July 19 – the day of the presidential elections is announced a day off, the press service of the NKR Government informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As reported earlier, the following candidates have been registered:

Vitali Balasanyan (born in1959) – NKR National Assembly member, no party affiliation;

Valery Khachatryan (born in1947) – pensioner, no party affiliation;

Bako Sahakyan (born in 1960) – incumbent NKR President, no party affiliation;

Arkady Soghomonyan (born in 1962) – Deputy Principal of Stepanakert branch of the Armenian State Agrarian University, no party affiliation.

To note, the NKR presidential elections will be held on July 19.