STEPANAKERT. - Armenia seeks Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s (NKR) international recognition, Armenian National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov stated Saturday during official closing of the international conference, entitled “20th Anniversary of NKR Independence: Realities and Prospects,” which was held in NKR capital, Stepanakert.  

Sharmazanov also added: “If Armenia’s unilateral recognition [of NKR] helps this process, we would do that; but everything will be done in its time.”

To note, the two-day conference brought together political scientists and representatives of political organizations from Armenia and NKR, and analysts from Great Britain, Greece, and the Netherlands. An Armenian NA delegation, led by NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, attended the conference, too.       The discussants examined the legal bases for NKR’s declaration, and its historical and political components.

The event was organized by NKR State Commission for the Organization and Coordination of the 20th Anniversary Celebrations for the Declaration of NKR’s Independence, with the participation of the Center for the Constitutional Law of Armenia and the Political Science Association of Armenia. And Armenian News-NEWS.am was the information partner of the conference.