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Event dedicated to 30th anniversary of Artsakh Movement takes place in Stepanakert

On Thursday an event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Artsakh Movement took place at the Mesrop Mashtots Republican Library.

Event dedicated to 30th anniversary of Artsakh Movement takes place in Stepanakert

Event dedicated to 30th anniversary of Artsakh Movement takes place in Stepanakert

STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 16, ARTSAKHPRESS:As Artsakhpress correspondent informs, Melania Balayan, director of the State History Museum of Artsakh, made an opening speech at the event. She briefed on the history of Artsakh Movement.

''We all know the history of the Armenian people. As a result of Artsakh Movement we achieved independence and this is the important value that we had. This was a great achievement. I think another great achievement is our statehood. We achieved independent statehood as a result of Artsakh Movement and this is our greatest achievement. Today our task is to strengthen the bases of our statehood. For sure, the ultimate goal of the Artsakh people is to reunite with Mother Armenia,'' Melania Balayan said, in particular.

Speaking about important achievements of Artsakh Movement, head of ''Democracy'' faction of the Artsakh parliament, Vardges Baghryan, noted that one of the most important achievements of Artsakh Movement's final stage is that the Armenian people became united and confident in their strength.

''It's not by chance that during the Artsakh war all the Armenians stood on their feet. We should keep these achievements and continue protecting our homeland relying only on ourselves,'' Vardges Baghryan said.

Subsequently, active participants of the Movement Sokrat Khanyan and Maksim Mirzoyan spoke about the Movement and shared with their memories of it.

At the end of the event a documentary film telling about the Artsakh Movement was shown.

 


     

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