KHACHKAR IN MEMORY OF SPECIAL REGIMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN FIGHT FOR LACHIN CORRIDOR ERECTED IN BERDZOR
arminfo
2007-07-02 13:04:00
A khachkar (Armenian national cross-stone) was ceremonially opened
in the town of Berdzor (Lachin) in memory for the special regiment
officers killed in the fight for Lachin corridor in 1992-1994.
The monument was erected with the support of the Union of Special
Regiment Veterans public organization headed by Deputy Defence Minister
of Armenia Lt. General Gurgen Melkonyan. Veterans of the special
regiment throughout Armenia and NKR attended the ceremony. Names of
62 killed officers are engraved on the cross stone that was erected
in the area of Memorial Complex for the Killed in Karabakh War. "We
have fulfilled our duty to the killed compatriots. It is not only a
monument, but also a lesson for young generation. No one is forgotten
and nothing is forgotten," Gurgen Melkonyan said. The Union of Special
Regiment Veterans intends to erect similar khachkars in all the areas
were their colleagues were killed. In Omar Gorge, Kubatli. "On this
gala day I want to wish patience to the relatives and the friends of
the killed. We will not allow a new war. The borders of our motherland
are protected. We will never give the enemy the areas were your
kindred were killed," Lt. General Melkonyan said.