President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan held a meeting May 19 with the former OSCE special representative for the South Maurice Bonneau, who arrived in Stepanakert as observer in the parliamentary elections in the NKR.

The sides discussed the upcoming elections and the NKR’s foreign and domestic policy. The NKR presidential press office informed NEWS.am that the sides pointed out the importance of foreign observers’ monitoring the elections, which is also an opportunity to exchange experience with different countries and improvement of the NKR election system.

Talking to journalists, Maurice Bonneau stated that he visited the NKR beforehand to as an expert in conflicts to study the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Besides his observer mission, he plans to study the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and present the results to the Paris office of the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation.

Maurice Bonneau is the first international observer that has arrived in the NKR.

Secretary of the NKR Central Electoral Commission Raya Nazaryan said that more than 60 international observers from Russia, U.S., Europe and other states are expected to visit the NKR.

The parliamentary elections are to be held on May 23.

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