THEY WILL TRACK THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE SOLDIERS WHO LIBERATED SHUSHI 15 YEARS AGO

KarabakhOpen
09-05-2007 12:24:47

On May 9 Nagorno-Karabakh celebrates a triple holiday – the 62nd
anniversary of the victory in World War II, the 15th anniversary
of the liberation of Shushi and the creation of the NKR Defense
Army. There is a demonstration of military force at the central square
of Stepanakert. The guests of the demonstration are the president of
Armenia Robert Kocharyan and Speaker Tigran Torosyan.

There will be a solemn meeting in Stepanakert, during which medals
will be delivered. At night the Wedding in Mountains operation will be
launched, and the young people from Armenia and Karabakh will track
the footsteps of the Karabakh soldiers who launched the offensive of
Shushi 15 years ago.

Shushi is 900 m above sea level. The town looks to the capital of
Stepanakert and the adjacent villages. During the war since 1991 from
Shushi the Armenian population of which was displaced in 1989 a daily
300-350 shells were shot at Stepanakert.

According to the NKR minister of defense Seiran Ohanyan, the liberation
of Shushi not only provided the security of Stepanakert but also
allowed opening the Stepanakert-Goris road which remains the only
communication with the world in the war continuing since 1989.