20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIANS’ MASSACRE IN SOUMGAIT MARKED IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
DE FACTO
Feb 28, 2008
YEREVAN, 28.02.08. DE FACTO. The 20th anniversary of the Armenians’
massacre in the Azerbaijani town of Soumgait has been marked in the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic today.
The staffs of the Republic’s organizations, enterprises and educational
institutions, as well as the servicemen put flowers at the monument
of the tragedy’s victims on the Stepanakert Memorial Complex.
The representatives of the NKR’s top leaders headed by President Bako
Sahakian, as well as leadership of the NKR Defense Army paid tribute
to the memory of the victims. The priests of the Artsakh Eparchy of
the Armenian Apostolic Church held a mournful service in commemoration
of the victims of the Soumgait tragedy.