Strong rally held in Stepanakert on 20th anniversary of Karabakh movement
21.02.2008,
01:33
A nation-wide rally was held today in Stepanakert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Karabakh movement.
YEREVAN, February 20. /ARKA/. A nation-wide rally was held today in Stepanakert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Karabakh movement.
NKR President Bako Sahakian, Karabakh movement activists Zory balayan, Zhanna Galstian and Maxim Mirzoyan, as well as Chairman of the NKR Writers’ Union Vardan Hakobian and Artsakh University professors Grigory Afanasian and Arzik Mkhitarian all participated in the rally.
Russian intellectuals Andrei and Galina Nuykins, Constantine Voevodsky, Viktor Krivopuskov and Inessa Burkova were also present at the event.
NKR Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Rudik Usnunts cited the report of the NKR Parliament’s statement on the Artsakh Revival Day. Afterwards, NKR representatives, former NKR President Alexander Ghukasian, intellectuals, teachers and businessmen visited Stepanakert Memorial Complex and laid wreaths and flowers on the graves of freedom-fighters.
Several events will be organized in the coming months within the framework of the 20th anniversary of the Karabakh movement. The fit All-Armenian Youth Meeting will be held in Karabakh in July-August.
The Regional Council of Karabakh held a special session on February 20, 1998 and passed the declaration to the supreme soviets of the soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia on seceding from Azerbaijan and joining Armenia.
The session gave a start to the Nagorno-Karabakh liberation war. This historical decision was preceded by a number of similar decisions made by regional councils.
However, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made a decision contradicting international principles of self-determination. The centre tried to substitute the issue’s political settlement for social-economic measures, which resulted in the long-standing resentment of the Karabakhi people.
Baku officials and Boris Kevorkov, first secretary of the party’s regional committee, tried to oppose the declaration. Azerbaijan tired to prevent by all means Karabakh’s reunion with Armenia. As a result of the confrontation, a bloody war broke out soon.–0—
NKR President Bako Sahakian, Karabakh movement activists Zory balayan, Zhanna Galstian and Maxim Mirzoyan, as well as Chairman of the NKR Writers’ Union Vardan Hakobian and Artsakh University professors Grigory Afanasian and Arzik Mkhitarian all participated in the rally.
Russian intellectuals Andrei and Galina Nuykins, Constantine Voevodsky, Viktor Krivopuskov and Inessa Burkova were also present at the event.
NKR Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Rudik Usnunts cited the report of the NKR Parliament’s statement on the Artsakh Revival Day. Afterwards, NKR representatives, former NKR President Alexander Ghukasian, intellectuals, teachers and businessmen visited Stepanakert Memorial Complex and laid wreaths and flowers on the graves of freedom-fighters.
Several events will be organized in the coming months within the framework of the 20th anniversary of the Karabakh movement. The fit All-Armenian Youth Meeting will be held in Karabakh in July-August.
The Regional Council of Karabakh held a special session on February 20, 1998 and passed the declaration to the supreme soviets of the soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia on seceding from Azerbaijan and joining Armenia.
The session gave a start to the Nagorno-Karabakh liberation war. This historical decision was preceded by a number of similar decisions made by regional councils.
However, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made a decision contradicting international principles of self-determination. The centre tried to substitute the issue’s political settlement for social-economic measures, which resulted in the long-standing resentment of the Karabakhi people.
Baku officials and Boris Kevorkov, first secretary of the party’s regional committee, tried to oppose the declaration. Azerbaijan tired to prevent by all means Karabakh’s reunion with Armenia. As a result of the confrontation, a bloody war broke out soon.–0—
