STEPANAKERT. – The “blacklist” of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has increased the number of people wishing to visit Nagorno-Karabakh.

Vice President of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov, on Tuesday said about the abovementioned at a press conference in Stepanakert, the capital city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh).  

To note, the Sharmazanov-led parliamentary delegation from Armenia took part in the observation mission on Monday’s constitutional referendum in Artsakh.

“The referendum showed that the people [of Artsakh] are united, their will to create an independent state is unwavering,” he stressed. “This also showed that the international observers’ assessments, that Artsakh follows the building of a democratic state and the NKR’s democratic processes are not comparable to Azerbaijan, were confirmed.

“As for the quality of the referendum, we believe that it could be an example for everyone in the region, without exception; this shows that the NKR’s international recognition is a matter of time.

“The presence of [constitutional referendum] observers from close to 30 countries was very important; this means that the actions by both Azerbaijan authorities and their supporters which, supposedly, are also our supporters in some organizations,  are futile. The more those that have appeared on their ‘blacklist’ increases, the foreign nationals’ desire to be in Nagorno-Karabakh grows that much more.”