NKR PRESIDENT: PARADE IN STEPANAKERT DID NOT AIM TO FRIGHTEN AZERBAIJAN

Arminfo Agency News
2007-05-09 15:02:00

"The parade held in the Revival Square today did not aim to frighten
Azerbaijan," President of NKR Arkady Ghoukassyan stated in the course
of the events devoted to May 9 Victory in the Great Patriotic Wart,
the 15th Anniversary of NKR Defence Army, and Liberation of Shushi.

According to ArmInfo’s special correspondent to Stepanakert, President
Arkady Ghoukassyan stated that NKR Defence Army is a guarantor of
security and independence of the country. "We must be consolidated
and strong for our future victories," the president said.

He called peace and international recognition of NKR major tasks
of NKR.

"Today we have remembered all those who fell for their Motherland
and we have no right to betray their memory. We must fight till the
very end to create the country we would be proud of. Everyone knows
that we did not choose the war, Azerbaijan forced that to us. Today’s
status-quo is a result of that war.

Azerbaijani leadership tries to fight against it. We are aware of
our goals and sure that we have achieved them," the president said.