Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France) said that not a single country in the world considers Nagorno-Karabakh an independent and sovereign state. They emphasize that the elections in Nagorno-Karabakh do not affect its legal status or the peaceful process, Trend reports.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, representative of NATO secretary general for South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appaturai, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Georgia, Germany (Philipp Mißfelder leading Christian Democrats), Turkey and Romania do not recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh presidential elections of July 19, 2012.
Turkey emphasized that occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh is a serious threat to stability and peace in South Caucasus. Turkey respects Azerbaijani territorial unity and condemns the elections.
