MAY 9 MILITARY PARADE TO BE HELD IN NAGORNO-KARABAGH REPUBLIC

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
April 5 2007

In connection with the 62nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great
Patriotic war, the 15th anniversary of the Nagorno-Karabagh Defense
Army and the liberation of the town of Shoushi, the NKR government
has established a governmental commission on organization and conduct
of the May celebrations headed by the Republic Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanian.

According to the information DE FACTO received at the NKR government’s
press office, the ceremony of presentation of awards will be held
within the frames of the program. On the same day a solemn sitting
will be conducted at the Officers’ House. May 9 a military parade
will be held on the central Revival Square in Stepanakert. In the
evening a concert will be held.

The festivities will start May 6. The first measure planned is the
opening of St. Hakop’s Church, where service in the memory of the
Armenian nation’s sons, who died during the Karabagh war, will be held.