By 1991, Armenia and Azerbaijan were independent countries but the nascent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic remained internationally unrecognized despite its government's declaration of independence.
Armenija i Azerbajdžan do 1991. su bile neovisne republike, a Gorski Karabah je ostao međunarodno nepriznat, unatoč proglašenju neovisnosti od strane karabaške vlade.