Karabakh president congratulates newly-elected president of Abkhazia
26.08.2014,
18:15
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) president Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory message today to Raul Khadjimba, the newly elected president of Abkhazia, conveying his and the people of Karabakh congratulations in connection with Khajimba’s election.
YEREVAN, August 26. / ARKA /. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) president Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory message today to Raul Khadjimba, the newly elected president of Abkhazia, conveying his and the people of Karabakh congratulations in connection with Khajimba’s election.
“You are known as an experienced statesman who has had a substantial contribution to the formation of the independent Abkhazian statehood. I am confident that under Your leadership the Republic of Abkhazia will develop and get stronger on a steady basis,’ the message runs, in particular.
“Nagorno-Karabakh attaches great importance to strengthening ties with Abkhazia and we hope that during Your presidency the relations between our countries will come to a qualitatively new level.
Please, accept once again my heartfelt congratulations on being elected to this high and responsible post. I wish You good luck and successes in all Your undertakings directed to secure peace and prosperity for the fraternal Abkhazia.”
Veteran opposition politician Raul Khajimba has been elected de facto president of the largely unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia by the slenderest of margins -- just 559 votes. He received 50.56 percent (50,494 votes) of the total 99, 869 ballots cast, defeating three rival candidates.
Voter turnout in the early election, necessitated by the resignation on June 1 of President Aleksandr Ankvab was around 70 percent of the region's estimated 130,000 registered voters. -0-
