19th ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN POGROMS IN SOUMGAIT CELEBRATED IN NKR
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Feb 28 2007
February 28 the 19th anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in the Azeri
town of Soumgait was celebrated in the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic.
The NKR governmental delegation headed by PM Anoushavan Danielian, MPs,
the NKR Defense Army Supreme Commanding staff and the representatives
of the Republic public visited the Stepanakert Memorial Complex and
laid wreaths at the monument to the tragedy’s victims.
The priests of the Artsakh Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church
officiated a mournful service for the perished, the NKR MFA Press
Center reports.