Inauguration of the Artsakh president underway in Shushi
The inauguration ceremony of the President-elect of the Republic of Artsakh (NKR) Arayik Harutyunyan started at Shushi Youth and Culture Center.
High-level guests from Armenia, among them Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Speaker of the Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Alen Simonyan.
The ceremony is held during a special sitting of the National Assembly of Artsakh, attended by the NA deputies, representatives of political forces, the cabinet members and the Defense Army's top leadership.
President-elect Arayik Harutyunyan is expected to take an oath of loyalty to the people of Artsakh on the XVII century Gospel and the Constitution of the Artsakh Republic in the original.