The newly-elected NKR Parliament, jointly with the Artsakh people, must do its utmost to achive greater success in international recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, NKR President Bako Sahakyan told journalists on Sunday.

According to him, over the recent years the NKR people has become more interested in politics. “I believe that the new parliament will strengthen political culture in our life, which will contribute to international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh,” Bako Sahakyan said.

Twenty-nine international and 31 local journalists, 113 foreign and 22 local observers got registered for the 23 May parliamentary elections in Nagorno-Karabakh. Representatives from the French Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, Yezid and Greek communities, Russian political experts, delegations from South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the head of French Association of Doctors in Law and others were among the observers.

Meanwhile Azerbaijan made a statement, strongly criticizing elections in the NKR and calling them “illegal”. In its turn, official Ankara expressed its support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, designating the NKR elections as violating international law.

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