evidence: Article 134. The Status of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic - The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic is an autonomous State which forms part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. [...] - The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic is an inalienable part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. [...] Heads of local executive power in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic are appointed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the basis of joint presentations by the Speaker of the Ali Majlis and the Prime Minister of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic.