KARABAKH SEES PROGRESS IN ARTSAKH RECONGNITION

Wednesday, January 8th, 2014

Nagorno-Karabakh Presidentisl spokesperson Davit Babayan

STEPANAKERT-The spokesperson for the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Presidential office on Wednesday said that there has been progress
in efforts to garner international recognition of Artsakh, reported
the Armenpress news agency.

Presidential spokesman Davit Babayan cited an effort by California
State Assemblyman Mike Gatto, who on Monday introduced legislation
urging the US government to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Babayan said the Gatto’s initiative “proves that the process of
Karabakh’s international recognition actively moves on. This is
a significant and positive process, which will contribute to the
establishment of bilateral ties between California and the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic.”

An official announcement from Gatto’s office said that the resolution,
AJR 32, “invokes strong language from the United States’ own history
regarding the rights of the people to ‘self-determination and
democratic independence.'”

Mike Gatto is the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the
California State Assembly. He represents Burbank, Glendale, La Cañada
Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, and the Los Angeles neighborhoods
of Atwater Village, East Hollywood, Franklin Hills, Hollywood Hills,
Los Feliz, and Silver Lake.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress