Aysor, Armenia
Sept 19 2009

NKR President’s address to the conference participants

On 19 September President of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Bako
Sahakyan sent an address to the participants of the First Pan-Armenian
Conference of Lawyers. The address said:

`Respected participants of the conference,

I welcome and heartily congratulate all of you on the commencement of
the first Pan-Armenian conference of lawyers. This very event
organized by the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia will
play its role in the evolution of the Armenian legal thought.

The legal sphere is one of the key components of the development and
strengthening the independent Armenian statehood. It touches upon both
domestic and foreign political issues.

Within this context a vast field for carrying out research and
investigations of different legal aspects of the Artsakh is open to
the scientific potential of the entire Armenian nation. This will
allow us to further strengthen our arguments and approaches in the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement process.

The development and strengthening of the independent Armenian
statehood is directly related to continuous cementing and enrooting of
civic society and democratic values. In this process your role, the
role of lawyers is of great importance too. Activities in this field
demand high professionalism, adherence to principle, honesty and, of
course, hard work.

Close cooperation within the entire Armenian nation, between the
Republic of Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora is of special
importance. The existence of the powerful Armenian Diaspora provides
an opportunity to address more effectively the problems we face by
studying and applying the experience of other states.

>From this perspective the Pan-Armenian conference of lawyers
organized at a high representative level with the participation of
state bodies, scientific and political circles of different strata of
the Armenian people gain a unique importance.

I am confident the conference will fulfill issues put on its agenda
successfully and will contribute to the enlargement and deepening of
practical ties in legal sphere.

I wish conference effective work. I wish success to all the
participants in the name of further strengthening of the Armenian
statehood and realization of the dreams of our people.’