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25TH ANNIVERSARY OF KARABAKH PETITION FOR SECESSION FROM AZERBAIJAN
February 20, 2013 - 13:53 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - 25 years ago, on February 20, 1988, the Special
Session of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Council of People~Rs
Deputies passed a petition to appeal to the Supreme Councils of
the Azerbaijani SSR and Armenian SSR for the secession of NKAO from
Soviet Azerbaijan and its transfer to Soviet Armenia, at the same
time appealing to the Supreme Council of the USSR on a positive
resolution of the issue on NKAO~Rs secession from Azerbaijani SSR
and its transfer to Armenian SSR.
The decision was followed by mass rallies in Karabakh and Armenia.
In response to the peaceful demands of Artsakh Armenians, that made up
80% of the total population of NKAO, Azerbaijan unleashed aggression
against the civilians. As a result of 1991-1994 national liberation
war, Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed, with NKR defense army
forming a security zone of 7 provinces. The cease-fire was signed
in 1994.
February 20, 2013 - 13:53 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - 25 years ago, on February 20, 1988, the Special
Session of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Council of People~Rs
Deputies passed a petition to appeal to the Supreme Councils of
the Azerbaijani SSR and Armenian SSR for the secession of NKAO from
Soviet Azerbaijan and its transfer to Soviet Armenia, at the same
time appealing to the Supreme Council of the USSR on a positive
resolution of the issue on NKAO~Rs secession from Azerbaijani SSR
and its transfer to Armenian SSR.
The decision was followed by mass rallies in Karabakh and Armenia.
In response to the peaceful demands of Artsakh Armenians, that made up
80% of the total population of NKAO, Azerbaijan unleashed aggression
against the civilians. As a result of 1991-1994 national liberation
war, Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed, with NKR defense army
forming a security zone of 7 provinces. The cease-fire was signed
in 1994.