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CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN ISSUES STATEMENT ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
11:50 22/02/2013 " COMMENTS
Honorable Jim Karygiannis, Member of Parliament for
Scarborough-Agincourt, issued a statement on the 25th anniversary of
the Freedom Movement in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), karygiannismp.com
reported.
The statement, published on the official website of the
parliamentarian, says that February 20, 2013, marks the 25th
anniversary of the birth of the movement that led to the liberation
of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).
On that day in 1988, the legislature of Nagorno-Karabakh appealed to
the administrations of the Armenian and Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist
Republics for a peaceful transfer of Nagorno- Karabakh from Soviet
Azerbaijan's administrative rule to that of Armenia. A week later,
a wave of anti-Armenian pogroms took place in Sumgayit, the second
largest Azeri town. Dozens of people were tortured and murdered just
for being Armenian. Such atrocities also occurred in Baku, Azerbaijan.
"As the Soviet Union collapsed, the newly-independent Azerbaijan
launched a full-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. In May 1994,
following the bloody conflict, Azerbaijan signed a cease-fire agreement
with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic," says Karygiannis.
He emphasizes that today the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is a de facto
independent, democratic and fully functioning state, with a thriving
market economy and a dynamic civil society, which is working toward
entrenching its freedom and the formal recognition of its independence.
"In July 2012, I led a team of Canadian Election Observers for the
Presidential Election in the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. It was
a picture of perfect election from start to finish and witnessing
the election process in a new democracy was a positive learning
experience," notes Karygiannis.
Source: Panorama.am
11:50 22/02/2013 " COMMENTS
Honorable Jim Karygiannis, Member of Parliament for
Scarborough-Agincourt, issued a statement on the 25th anniversary of
the Freedom Movement in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), karygiannismp.com
reported.
The statement, published on the official website of the
parliamentarian, says that February 20, 2013, marks the 25th
anniversary of the birth of the movement that led to the liberation
of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).
On that day in 1988, the legislature of Nagorno-Karabakh appealed to
the administrations of the Armenian and Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist
Republics for a peaceful transfer of Nagorno- Karabakh from Soviet
Azerbaijan's administrative rule to that of Armenia. A week later,
a wave of anti-Armenian pogroms took place in Sumgayit, the second
largest Azeri town. Dozens of people were tortured and murdered just
for being Armenian. Such atrocities also occurred in Baku, Azerbaijan.
"As the Soviet Union collapsed, the newly-independent Azerbaijan
launched a full-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. In May 1994,
following the bloody conflict, Azerbaijan signed a cease-fire agreement
with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic," says Karygiannis.
He emphasizes that today the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is a de facto
independent, democratic and fully functioning state, with a thriving
market economy and a dynamic civil society, which is working toward
entrenching its freedom and the formal recognition of its independence.
"In July 2012, I led a team of Canadian Election Observers for the
Presidential Election in the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. It was
a picture of perfect election from start to finish and witnessing
the election process in a new democracy was a positive learning
experience," notes Karygiannis.
Source: Panorama.am