YEREVAN. – I am very happy to be attending this session because I highly appreciate the close cooperation between the security councils of the two Armenian republics, and in general. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian stated this today at a joint sitting of the security councils of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

"If elections in the Republic of Armenia are of great importance, then I can say the future elections in the Republic of Artsakh have a double or a triple value for all our people because these elections’ being transparent, fair is a huge political tool for all of us," he added. "The tasks of our national security do not start and do not end, of course, within the framework of either in the military, diplomatic, or in resolving the Artsakh issue; they are much broader.

“And I wish Artsakh fair, transparent elections, which will set an example for all those who are friends of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh and even for those who are not friends of our two republics. Thank you, good luck to all of us."