Artsakh Prioritizes Recognition for 2017

Artsakh Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan during the annual press conference on Dec. 28, 2016. (Photo: nkr.am)

STEPANAKERT, Artsakh””Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan took part in an annual press conference on Wednesday, briefing that international recognition of Artsakh is on 2017’s foreign policy agenda, according to the Artsakh Foreign Ministry press service.

He noted that the Karabakh-Azerbaijani peace process is also a priority.

During the press conference, Mirzoyan stated that the most serious challenge that the Artsakh Republic had to face in 2016 was April’s large-scale aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan. A part of the statement about the press conference stated that the Foreign Ministry “has taken consistent steps to inform the international community about the causes and effects of the April aggression and to reach global condemnation of the aggression, blatant violations of international humanitarian law, and the war crimes committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces during that period.”