‘Karabakh Can Claim Its Place In The Family Of Nations’

‘KARABAKH CAN CLAIM ITS PLACE IN THE FAMILY OF NATIONS’
Editorial

Yerkir.am
June 23, 2006

"Every nation lives and creates having the great goal of
independence. It should establish its own statehood on the territory
of its homeland and be able to defend it.

This idea has been accompanying our nation for centuries," Armenian
Science and Education Minister Levon Mkrtchian said in his speech at
the ‘Nagorno Karabakh Republic: Past, Present and Future’ conference
held in Stepanakert.

"Many gave their lives to realize this goal, we have had irreversible
losses that we have to restore," he went on saying.

Mkrtchian also voiced the congratulations of the Armenian prime
minister.

"The international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
is important not only because of today’s political concepts, that
recognitions is the core of Armenia’s and Karabakh’s independence,"
Mkrtchian said. "And we should realize that we should strengthen the
first serious success of our liberation movement. Such strengthening
happens with an every-day work and through strengthening and
development of the Republic of Armenia and the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic."

He also said that holding an international conference in Karabakh
demonstrates that the state has been established and it can claim
its place in the family of nations.