YEREVAN. – We welcome the US State of California Senate decision on the recognition of the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Armenia Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has stated the abovementioned, informed the MFA press service.

The more Azerbaijan continues to obstruct Armenia’s and the [OSCE Minsk Group] three [co-]chairs’ efforts to settle the Karabakh issue, that much more similar decisions and resolutions can be expected, which will pave the way to international recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,” Nalbandian’s statement reads.

As reported earlier, the California State Senate on Wednesday passed, by an overwhelming majority of votes, Assembly member Mike Gatto’s resolution (AJR 32) on the recognition of the independence and self-determination of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh.

AJR 32 encourages Artsakh’s continuing efforts to develop as a free and independent nation and formally calls upon the President and Congress of the United States to support the self-determination and democratic independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.