STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President Bako Sahakyan on Friday paid a visit to Avetaranots village. 

Sahakyan attended the official opening of a memorial devoted to the martyrs the Karabakh War.

In his remarks, the President stressed that Armenians always remember the feats and heroism of their fallen, do their best to fulfill their wishes and desires, among which free, independent state and its continuous strengthening is the most sacramental one, informs the Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President.

According to Sahakyan, this memorial will become a place of pilgrimage to remind of the past, make Armenians be proud of their heroes, thus be filled with hope and optimism toward the future.

Subsequently, Bako Sahakyan handed state awards to a group Karabakh War veterans of the village.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan and several officials also were on hand at the event.