YEREVAN. – The governance model, which is included in the draft constitutional amendments of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), is similar to the American model.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan told the aforesaid to reporters, after Thursday’s Cabinet session. He stated this when asked whether this model is similar to the Azerbaijani one, which has a strong presidential power.

In his words, however, the Azerbaijani and American models of governance cannot be compared.

“It’s a constitution of dictatorship in Azerbaijan,” explained Deputy FM Kocharyan. “[But] a democracy based on the institution of the President is specified with the American constitution.”

He added that this very model is discussed in the NKR.

“Apparently, the working external threat has become the main factor,” said Shavarsh Kocharyan.