On Monday, September 2, 2019, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is celebrating the 28th anniversary of the declaration of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

On September 2, 1991, a joint meeting of the deputies of the provincial and Shahumyan regional councils was held in Artsakh’s capital city of Stepanakert, where the declaration of the NKR was adopted.

On December 10 of the same year, a referendum was held that confirmed the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. On that day, 99 percent of the NKR population voted for independence.

But Azerbaijan used military force in an attempt to suppress the self-determination of Artsakh. The latter, however, was able not only to neutralize the Azerbaijani attacks, but, also, to strengthen its independence by liberating new regions.