ARTSAKH MOVEMENT’S 24TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED IN HADRUT

24 years ago on February 12th the Artsakh movement against the Azeri invaders started. In the city of Hadrut of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic the first demonstration was held where the participants were demanding reunion of Artsakh with Armenia. The demonstration’s organizers were NKR Supreme Council Chairman Arthur Mkrtchyan, Igor Mouradyan, Grigoriy Hayrapetyan, Emil Abrahamyan and others.

On February 12, 2012 the activists of the Movement, Artsakh liberation war heroes, citizens gathered again to celebrate the beginning of the Artsakh movement.

“The Artsakh movement saved us from extermination, and today we are grateful to those who have their contribution in this holy task. After 24 years we are a complete state, we have a powerful army, democratic society. And we must firmly stand on our land so the enemy would never dare to step on it”, – told Hadrut Mayor Armen Abrahamyan.