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    THE FRESNO BEE: IN UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS NKR WILL ASSERT ITS NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY

    17:57 01/04/2015 >> SOCIETY

    US Fresno County Supervisor Andreas Borgeas will serve as a political
    observer of upcoming national elections in the Nagorno Karabakh
    Republic, The Fresno Bee reports.

    "In the face of opposition from Turkey and Azerbaijan, the
    Armenian-populated Nagorno Karabakh is holding elections to assert
    their national independence and sovereignty," the article reads. It
    is also noted that Borgeas will be gone from April 25 to May 5. Two
    more representatives from the US, Mexico, Argentina and Canada are
    among those invited. They will assess Nagorno Karabakh's election
    process by international election standards.

    According to the article, in a formal invitation letter, Ashot Ghulyan,
    chairman of the national assembly, said the parliamentary elections
    May 3 represent the sixth time since Nagorno Karabakh's declaration
    of independence that residents will exercise their right to vote.

    "We see the upcoming elections as yet another opportunity to reaffirm
    the adherence of Nagorno Karabakh people to universal freedoms and
    liberties and therefore attach great importance to international
    election observation mission," Ghulyan wrote.

    It is highlighted in the article that the election comes on the heels
    of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. Borgeas stressed that
    this circumstance means a lot. Between the Turks in the west and
    Azerbaijanis in the east, Armenians are still precariously situated.

    On April 23, the Board of Supervisors of Fresno County passed a
    resolution officially recognizing the Nagorno Karabakh Republic - a
    region historically and ethnically Armenian situated between Armenia
    and Azerbaijan - and also called upon the California Legislature,
    Congress and the US President to grant official recognition. The
    resolution also called on Congress and the US President to officially
    recognize the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire in 1915, taking up
    the commitment to fairly presenting the fact to the decedents.

    On 27 August, 2014, California State Senate by an overwhelming majority
    of votes passed the resolution AJR 32, encouraging Artsakh's (Nagorno
    Karabakh) continuing efforts to develop as a free and independent
    nation and formally calling upon the President and Congress of
    the United States to support the self-determination and democratic
    independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Thus the State of
    California joined Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine and Louisiana
    in adopting legislation which supports the independence of Artsakh.

    Related:

    Fresno County passes resolution recognizing independence of Nagorno
    Karabakh Republic

    http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/04/01/fresno-nkr-elections/


    From: Baghdasarian
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