STEPANAKERT.- A military parade held in Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert dedicated to 20th anniversary of the liberation of Shushi and formation of the NKR Defense Army as well as the 67th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War (photo).

Infantry and armored vehicles, artillery, anti-tank troops, multiple rocket launchers, cannons marched in the central square of Stepanakert. 

Particular attention was drawn to the drones produced by Armenia. Unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured in Armenia were first demonstrated at a military parade in Yerevan last autumn.

Presidents of both republics of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan and Nagorno-Karabakh Bako Sahakyan, former presidents Robert Kocharyan, Arkady Ghukasyan, representatives of government watched the parade together with residents of Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh and guests.

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.