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Baroness Caroline Cox, member of the House of Lords of British Parliament, lead a delegation to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, where she met with President Bako Sahakyan and other local officials, Asbarez.com said.

On August 17, Cox and her delegation were in Berdzor, where they met with Artur Mkhitaryan and Hakob Sayamyan, the Deputy Heads of the Kashatagh Regional Administration, and Head of Staff Davit Davtyan. The delegation stayed the night in Berdzor.
President Sahakyan received Cox on August 20. Sahakyan acknowledged the regular visits Cox makes to Artsakh, as well as the continuous expansion of her delegation’s composition. Sahakyan said that he considered it important so that the delegation can become acquainted with Artsakh and establish friendship ties with its people.

Cox noted that Artsakh had become dear to her since the time of the war with Azerbaijan. She told the members of her group, who were in Artsakh for the first time, about the heroism of the people of Artsakh. Speaking about Kashatagh, Cox said that the Armenian people had always founded and flourished their country on ruins.

Disabled individuals who had fought in the Artsakh Liberation War and were later treated in a rehabilitation center in Stepanakert named after Cox were also a part of the delegation.

On September 26, 2013 when Baroness Cox paid her 80th visit to Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan awarded the Mersrob Mashtots Medal to Caroline Cox for her services to the NKR and its people.