"TIGRAN METS" STATE ORDER TO NKR DEFENSE ARMY
ArmRadio.am
20.02.2007 16:10
Today in Stepanakert RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan awarded "Tigran
Mets" state order to the Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
"for exceptional service to Motherland," Mediamax agency reports.
Responding to journalists’ questions, Sege Sargsyan noted that the army
should everything for the political leadership to be more confident
in negotiating on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. He did
not agree to the opinion that the domestic political situation in
Armenia is so serious that it can jeopardize the security of borders
of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.
Today a youth march was held in Stepanakert on the occasion of the
19th anniversary of the national liberation movement of Karabakh, the
participants of which carried a huge flag of NKR through the streets.
On February 20 the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Region of Nagorno
Karabakh applied to the USSR Supreme Council with the request to
pass the Autonomous Region to Armenia, which marked the start of the
Karabakh movement.