Stepanakert welcomes the decision of the Fresno County of California to recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Chairman of the NKR National Assembly Ashot Ghulyan called it ‘a new victory’ and ‘another link in the chain’, reports the Public Radio of Armenia.
“There is one precondition for the continuation of this: the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic should continue building a legal and democratic state and prove to those who have recognized the independence of Artsakh that we stand firm on our ground,” said Ghulyan.
Earlier this month Maine became the third US state after Rhode Island and Massachusetts to recognize the NKR’s independence. Last year, the legislature of Australia’s largest state, New South Wales, also passed a resolution recognizing the NKR.