YEREVAN.- Today’s Armenia is an achievement of veterans’ generation, said Armenian Speaker Samvel Nikoyan.

“Thanks to you, we have independent Armenia where we can celebrate the Day of Shushi Liberation,” he said addressing the veterans in Victory Park on Wednesday.

Nikoyan had lunch with veterans of Great Patriotic War in Yerevan’ Victory Park.

Speaker stressed that further generations strengthened, multiplied success of the veterans.

“If Armenians can dance kochari [Armenian folk dance] in Berlin, why can’t we dance in Shushi?” he said adding that Armenians would dance many times to celebrate the victory in the future.

On May 9 Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic celebrate the Victory Day in the World War II (Great Patriotic War) as well as the Liberation of Shushi and the anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army.