DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE NKR NA: KOSOVO’S INDEPENDENCE RECOGNITION PRECEDENT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE NKR Vice parliament speakers Arevik Petrosyan and Samvel Nikoyan received yesterday deputy chairman of the NKR parliament Arthur Tovmasyan. NKR NA representative in Armenian parliament Karen Topchyan partook at the meeting. The NA deputy speakers congratulated their counterpart on being elected wishing him effective work and expecting active cooperation, Armenpress reported. NA public relations department official told the source that the interlocutors referred to Armenia-Artsakh inter-parliamentary cooperation, prospects of developing parliamentary diplomacy as well as the ruling of the ICJ about Kosovo. Deputy speaker of the NKR parliament expressed opinion that the precedent of recognition of the Kosovo’s independence may contribute to the process of international recognition of the NKR. In this pre-context the role of inter-parliamentary diplomacy has been pointed out. He assured that the international recognition of the NKR will not impede the process of negotiations. The interlocutors also referred to the recent developments over the NK conflict settlement. | 
