STEPANAKERT. – In connection with the 25th anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan on Thursday visited the NKR capital city Stepanakert Memorial and placed flowers to the monument of the innocent victims.

Sahakyan was accompanied by Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, and senior officials of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President informs.