Karabakh president about statements of international institutions: “Should I declare myself Turkmenbashi and rule for fifty years?”

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“I am resigning from the post of Nagorno Karabakh president with a sense of fulfilled duty,” NKR President Arkady Gukasyan announced today while voting at a polling station in Stepanakert. He also added that, undoubtedly, he did not manage to do everything.

Commenting on a statement made by a representative of the Council of Europe that the NKR presidential election would not be recognized, he said: “If the international community does not recognize electoral processes in our republic, let them propose an alternative, or should Gukasyan declare himself Turkmenbashi and rule for fifty years?” The president added that the NKR is holding the election for the people, but not for the international community.

As for statements released by Masis Mailyan headquarters on violations during the election campaign, the president noted that he personally familiarized with them. According to him, “there is nothing serious there.” “These are just fairytales invented by those filling themselves defeated. Our opposition often becomes resentful. Unfortunately, the dirty PR technologies have come to Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia. Well, we have enough negative things from Turkey and Azerbaijan,” he said.

According to Arkady Gukasyan, next Nagorno Karabakh president will assume full responsibility for including Nagorno Karabakh in the negotiation process.