Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 5 / Trend M.Aliyev /
The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission stated that the "election", which the separatist regime of the Nagorno-Karabakh plans to hold in the Azerbaijani occupied territories, can not be legitimate.
"The Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijan's territory and the Azerbaijani government did not order to hold the parliamentary elections. Thus, this "election" will not be recognized as legitimate," CEC International Relations Department Head Rovzat Gasimov told Trend .
Feb.5, Head of the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) Bako Saakyan signed a decree to appoint the next elections to the National Assembly of NKR May 23, 2010, Novosti Armenia reported.
He said, holding of any election in the Nagorno-Karabakh without the Azerbaijani government's order is illegal.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.
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