Armenian, Artsakh leaders meet with 2020 presidential candidates in Stepanakert
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Stepanakert, and Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan met on Sunday with three candidates preparing to run for president in 2020.
The three candidates are Speaker of the Artsakh National Assembly, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Artsakh Ashot Ghulyan, Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan and Chairman of the Free Homeland Party Arayik Harutyunyan.
David Ishkhanyan, a member of the ARF Central Committee of Artsakh and a member of the ARF Artsakh parliamentary faction, also attended the meeting.
In a post on Facebook, Pashinyan said they discussed the conduct of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Artsakh, as well as the political developments in the country.
The meeting also addressed the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and the works on army building.
“I reaffirmed my position that holding free, fair and transparent presidential and parliamentary elections in Artsakh in line with international standards is extremely important, underlining that the Armenian government will support the Artsakh authorities in this matter in every way possible,” Pashinyan wrote.