STEPANAKERT. – President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic National Assembly (NKR/Artsakh NA), Ashot Ghulyan, on Tuesday received a group of representatives from the US and Canada, and who had come to Artsakh on an observation mission during Monday’s constitutional referendum in the country.

First, the parliament speaker underscored their activities in the NKR. 

Congratulating the people of Artsakh on holding a referendum, Toronto (Canada) City Council member James “Jim” Karygiannis noted that he is impressed by this plebiscite. Karygiannis expressed a view that it was an exceptionally ideal referendum, and that he had witnessed with envy as to how great the voter turnout was.   

Fresno County (California, USA) Board of Supervisors member Andreas Borgeas, for his part, stated that he was fascinated by the people’s enthusiasm toward the referendum. Borgeas added that he wishes to share his respective experience in Artsakh in his country, since it is not that easy to ensure such voter turnout in the US.

And director of the Election Administration Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (USA), Karin Mac Donald, who is in Artsakh for the third time on an observation mission, underscored the amendments that were made to the NKR Electoral Code, and which they had recommended the last time.