Bako Sahakyan: New cities and regions to appear in the coming years, which recognize the independence of Artsakh

ArmInfo. The basis of the foreign policy of the Republic of Artsakh is multi-vector and complementary. This was stated by the President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan in an interview with the Austrian "Military Diplomat".

"The essence of this approach is that we are striving to develop equal and good-neighborly relations with global powers and regional states. The key reason for this approach is the presence of the Armenian Diaspora in many countries, especially those that have their interests in our region , we are simply obligated to develop friendly relations with such states, moreover, the development of relations with one country is never at the expense of freezing relations with another," he said, recalling the centuries-old friendship, a lot in common in culture, traditions and history of our nations, economic interests.

In addition, Sahakyan stressed, the Russian Federation is one of the three co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group, which makes a significant contribution to the maintenance of peace and security in our region. True, given the unrecognized state of our country, the relations between Artsakh and Russia affect a purely humanitarian plane. "We also have very close ties with the Armenian Diaspora in Russia, a large segment of which is represented by immigrants from Karabakh," he said, adding that Artsakh is actively working towards international justice.

"For example, over the past few years, the Republic of Artsakh has been recognized by the American states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Louisiana, California, Hawaii, Georgia, Australian state of New South Wales, the Basque Country, and a number of cities in the US and Europe, is the metropolis of Los Angeles In the coming years we intend to expand the geography of our activities and I hope that new cities and regions of other countries that recognize our independence will emerge. Of course, we will put special emphasis on achieving recognition on the part of We believe that this is only a matter of time and painstaking work," the Artsakh leader said, adding that the republic has plans to hold various kinds of events in Russia and other countries, we have similar plans and we consider them as good the basis for the development of ties between peoples.