BAKU: Ambassador: The US Does Not Recognize Independence Of Nagorno

AMBASSADOR: THE US DOES NOT RECOGNIZE INDEPENDENCE OF NAGORNO KARABAKH AND THE ELECTIONS HELD THERE

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
July 19 2007

"The United States does not recognize the independence of Nagorno
Karabakh and the results of any elections held there," the US
ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ms. Anne Derse said today, APA reports.

The Ambassador also stated that official Washington does not recognize
the results of the "presidential elections" held in so-called Nagorno
Karabakh Republic as well.