YEREVAN, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2010 parliamentary elections in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic were free, independent and transparent. A delegation of independent American and Dutch observers of the Public International Law and Policy Group came to this conclusion. The delegation head Michael Kovaka told the May 24 press conference in Yerevan that their observers were present at 7 out of the 8 electoral districts and did not notice any gross violation. He said that no circumstances to impede the normal voting process were observed by their delegation at the pre-election stage either. According to M. Kovaka, they had monitored four previous elections in the NKR so it can be said that "Nagorno Karabakh has made great progress towards its independent and democratic future". The 2010 elections were the 5th parliamentary elections held in Nagorno Karabakh since 1991. About 90 international observers from 14 countries, including Canada, Russia, Armenia, Argentina, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, France and the U.S, monitored the latest elections.

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