YEREVAN. – On the 23rd anniversary of the declaration of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a visit to NKR, on Tuesday visited the NKR capital city Stepanakert memorial, and with a ceremonious march that began from the Rebirth Square.

Sargsyan was accompanied by NKR President Bako Sahakyan, an official delegation from Armenia, Artsakh Armenians, and guests from abroad, informed the Press Office of the President of Armenia.

At the memorial, the Armenian President paid tribute to the Armenians who died for the independence of Artsakh, and placed flowers to the tombs of Artur Mkrtchyan, who was the First Chairman of the NKR Supreme Council, and Armenian martyrs of the Karabakh War.