CivilNet posts a video interview with Vitali Balasanyan [1] [AM/EN], a former military commander and candidate running against the incumbent and defacto president of the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh in an election scheduled for 19 July. Although the vote is not recognized by the international community as legitimate, in another interview the Carnegie Endownment for International Peace's Thomas de Waal says the outcome of the election is anyway predictable [2] [EN/AM]. Both also refer to the long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway territory.
Nagorno Karabakh: Opposition Presidential Candidate Interviewed
· Written by Onnik Krikorian
Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Elections, Governance, International Relations, Politics, War & Conflict