NKR Celebrates Victory Day, Liberation Of Shushi

NKR CELEBRATES VICTORY DAY, LIBERATION OF SHUSHI

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 10, 2010 – 13:49 AMT 08:49 GMT

On May 9, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan took part
in solemn events organized in Stepanakert and Shushi on occasion
of Victory Day, formation of Artsakh Defense Army and liberation
of Shushi.

Mr. Sahakyan together with second President of the Republic of Armenia
Robert Kocharian and second President of the NKR Arkady Ghukasian
visited Stepanakert Memorial to lay wreaths at the monument to martyrs
who were killed in the Great Patriotic War and Artsakh liberation war.

Thereupon, Artsakh President visited Shushi where he attended a
solemn of key-handing ceremony: a new dwelling house was built for
the families of the NKR Defense Army servicemen.

In the evening, the President made a speech during a celebration
in Stepanakert.

Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan and
representatives of Diaspora were also attending, reported the Central
Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President.