NKR PRESIDENT GAVE CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF PRIME MINISTER
Azat Artsakh Daily, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
29 March 07
NKR President Arkady Ghukassian offered condolences to the family of
Andranik Margarian, the prime minister of Armenia, who died March
25 of a heart attack. The telegram runs: "A person died untimely
who has devoted his great experience, knowledge and patriotism to
building the independent Armenian state and sustaining the economic
progress in Armenia and improving the well-being of the Armenian
people. Since the beginning of the Karabakh movement Andranik
Margarian played an active role in the liberation war, had a
considerable contribution to the victory, the establishment of the
second Armenian state, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and its social and
economic development. The Armenian people will remember the image of
this patriot forever." The speaker of the NKR National Assembly and
the State Security Service also offered condolences to the family
of the prime minister of Armenia. On March 26 President Ghukassian
signed a decree declaring March 28 a day of mourning. On this day the
flag of NKR in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the representations of
NKR to foreign countries will be lowered.