OSCE Minsk Group reacts to NKR “elections=?UTF-8?B?4oCd?=

Friday, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued a statement expressing its position on Thursday's presidential elections in Karabakh. The statement:

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) have noted reports about the conduct of "elections" that took place in Nagorno-Karabakh NK on July 19, 2012.

The Co-Chairs acknowledge the need for the de facto authorities in NK 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.  Read more... (154 words)

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