
Electoral participation seen as key to integration and retention of Karabakh Armenians in Armenia
By Gayane Zakaryan Armenian authorities continue to view forcibly displaced residents of Nagorno-Karabakh with suspicion, often treating them as potential supporters of former presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, both of Karabakh origin. Officials and pro-government circles have warned against their political mobilization, at times encouraging public hostility toward them....