YEREVAN, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Nagorno-Karabakh's National Assembly set a date for regular presidential elections in the republic for July 19, 2007, the Novosti-Armenia news agency said Wednesday.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, two South Caucasus nations - Azerbaijan and Armenia - have been in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan with a largely Armenian population.
The dispute first erupted in 1988 when Nagorno-Karabakh declared independence from Azerbaijan and moved to join Armenia.
Over 30,000 people were killed on both sides between 1988 and 1994, and over 100 died following a 1994 ceasefire. Nagorno-Karabakh remained in Armenian hands, but tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia have persisted.
Azerbaijan seems determined to restore its control over the separatist region.
