THE RESIDENTS OF ARTSAKH WANT PERPETUAL INDEPENDENCE
Support A1+!«I wish for the Artsakh independence to be perpetual as it was won at the cost of numerous lives. May Artsakh to develop together with Armenia. Let the rainbow after the rain gather all the Armenians from all over the world together», this is the wish of Epraxia Karapetyan who lost his son and his 60-year-old husband in the Karabakh war.
On September 2 the population of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh celebrates the 14th anniversary of independence. In connection with this, in different residences on Karabakh events were organized. In Askeran the people and the officials visited the monument to the Unknown Soldier and put flowers on it.
After that the soldiers of the Askeran detachment marched under the Armenian and Artsakh National Anthems. According to Commander Samvel Beglaryan, the duty of the Army is to nurture patriotism and heroism in the hearths of the young generation, as the future of the country is theirs.
The local officials congratulated the population. After that the spiritual leader of the Askeran St. Mariam Church sent his blessings and congratulations to all the Armenians, «This is the Independence day of all of us as every meter of land was won with the blood of an Armenian. So I congratulate the Armenians from all over the world. May the Lord support our countries», said the priest.
And yesterday evening the local municipality handed medals to 6 local veterans of the Great Patriotic War on behalf of Robert Kocharyan.
Lilit Asryan
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