YEREVAN. – In connection with the 22nd anniversary of the independence of Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, Catholicos of All Armenian Karekin II, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan, National Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan, and numerous MPs visited Yerablur Military Pantheon on Saturday (photo). 

They paid their respects to the memory of those that fell during the Karabakh War, placed flowers and laid wreaths to the tombs of Armenia’s late PM, Supreme Commander Vazgen Sargsyan, and General Andranik Ozanian, and to the memorial of the fallen freedom fighters.    

The Karabakh War veterans and the parents of those that fell during the war likewise were at the pantheon.   

The defense minister approached all war veterans, shook their hands, and congratulated them on the occasion of the anniversary of independence, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informs.

Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am