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    ARKADY GHOUKASSIAN: IMPOSED WAR PROVED THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE NAGORNO KARABAKH PROBLEM BY FORCE

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    May 11 2006

    STEPANAKERT, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On May 9, a
    triple holiday - the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War,
    liberation of Shoushi and the creation of the NKR Defense Army,
    was celebrated in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. In the morning,
    the Stepanakert Memorial Complex was visited by NKR President
    Arkady Ghoukassian, National Assembly Chairman Ashot Ghoulian,
    Prime-Minister Anoushavan Daniyelian, head of the Artsakh Eparchy
    of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirossian,
    as well as head of the Government of Armenia Andranik Markarian
    and RA Defense Minister Serge Sarkssian who had arrived in the NKR
    for participation in the events. They laid flowers to the graves of
    heroes of the Great Patriotic and Karabakh Wars. A visit to the town
    of Shoushi also took place. Columns of the NKR Defense Army subunits
    passed in a solemn march in the Stepanakert streets. Meetings with
    veterans of the Great Patriotic and Artsakh Wars, concerts and sport
    events, expositions of works of art and photos took place all over
    the republic. The events ended with a festive firework in the central
    republican square of Revival.

    On the eve, there took place a solemn sitting dedicated to the 61st
    anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, the 14th
    anniversary of the liberation of Shoushi and the Day of the NKR
    Defense Army. As Noyan Tapan was informed from NKR Foreign Ministry
    Information and Analytical Department, in connection with the May 9
    holiday, by decrees of the NKR President, the highest title of Nagorno
    Karabakh, the "Hero of Artsakh"- is granted to Zhora Gasparian, Vahagn
    Vardevanian (posthumously) and Arshavir Garamian together with handing
    the order of "Gold Eagle". 1 man is awarded with the "Battle Cross"
    Order of the 1st level, 2 men - with the "Battle Cross" Order of the
    2nd level, 346 people - with "For Battle Service" Medal (4 of them
    posthumously), 150 people are awarded with "For Courage" Medal (38 of
    them posthumously) and 24 people - with "For Liberation of Shoushi"
    Medal (1 man posthumously). For active state and social-political
    activity 5 people are awarded with "Mkhitar Gosh" Medal, 2 - with
    "Vachagan Barepasht" Medal, and one man - with "Gratitude" Medal. First
    Deputy of the Director of the NKR National Security Service Victor
    Kocharian is awarded the title of General-Mayor. RA Prime-Minister
    Andranik Markarian and RA Defense Minister Serge Sarkssian are
    awarded with the Medal of the NKR Azatamartiks Union. "The imposed
    war proved that it is impossible to solve the Nagorno Karabakh problem
    by force. Surely, we defended our land, we won the war, but still we
    can't say that the Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples are happy today. It
    means that the issue must be solved in the political plane and it
    has no other alternative. Our overall goal is the inadmissibility
    of the resumption of military activities. At the same time, for
    preventing the war we must be ready for it", NKR President Arkady
    Ghoukassian stated in the course of the festive events. "Speaking
    on the problem of reconstruction of the town of Shoushi, Arkady
    Ghoukassian stressed: "We have to reconstruct Shoushi, and if the
    city was liberated mainly by Karabakh people, its reconstruction
    is the goal of the whole nation. I am sure that we'll solve that
    issue". "The liberation of Shoushi was not only the liberation of
    the city itself, but a victory of the whole Armenian people as we
    demonstrated that we depend on nobody. Our main weapon is our land,
    our ancestors, our national education. I want to express my gratitude
    to the Artsakh people- through you we managed to demonstrate to the
    whole world that the Armenian soul is alive and that in spite of every
    difficulty we achieved our aims", Prime-Minister of the Republic of
    Armenia Andranik Markarian stated. According to him, the whole people
    of Artsakh, young and old, took part in the victory and Armenia and
    the Dispaora only contributed to it assisting to solve not only the
    Karabakh issue but the issues of the whole people, whole nation.
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