International mediators on Friday appeared to have justified the holding of a controversial presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh, while saying that it cannot influence the outcome of long-running Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks.
The U.S., Russia and French diplomats co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group said they "acknowledge the need for the de facto authorities in [Nagorno-Karabakh] to try to organize democratically the public life of their population with such a procedure."
"However, the Co-Chairs note that none of their three countries, nor any other country, recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent and sovereign state," they said in a joint statement on Thursday's vote.
Armenian News
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