STEPANAKERT. - President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan sent a condolence letter to the family of prominent human rights activist and publicist Yelena Bonner.

 The letter runs as follow:

“In the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic we have learnt with deep sorrow about the death of Yelena Bonner, a person who enjoyed great respect in our country.

Practically from the very beginning of the national-liberation movement in Karabakh Yelena Bonner had been actively protecting the right of our nation to self-determination. She visited our country and together with us fought for restoration of historical justice and from the highest platforms demanded to stop human rights violation pursued by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Accept my deep and sincere condolences. In this difficult hour the people and authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic share with you the whole pain and sorrow of this irretrievable loss. We shall always keep in mind the bright memory of Yelena Bonner”.

Yelena Bonner, widow of the Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, passed away on June 17.