California Senate resolution stipulates that Artsakh is an entity – Deputy FM
The Armenian Foreign Ministry welcomes the California State Senate’s adoption of the resolution recognizing the Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters after the cabinet meeting on Thursday.
“The adoption of the resolution is too important since each such resolution stipulates that Artsakh is an entity,” said the official.
The California State Senate, led by incoming Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Leon, by an overwhelming majority of votes on Wednesday passed Assembly member Mike Gatto’s resolution, AJR 32, encouraging Artsakh’s (Nagorno Karabakh) continuing efforts to develop as a free and independent nation and formally calling upon the upon the President and Congress of the United States to support the self-determination and democratic independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.