YEREVAN. – “The [Armenian] 1988 army was established, and it was the people’s spirit and will that created its army,” stated Levon Margaryan, a journalist who covered the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s (NKR) City of Shushi on May 9, 1992, during a press conference on Wednesday.  

He also informed that, in their coverage of the event, they were presenting the psychology and not the key issues.    

“Flowers were scattered all over the road, when we were coming down from Shushi to [NKR capital] Stepanakert; we were experiencing a joy,” Margaryan said. 

He also underscored the need to think about the Motherland, and noted it is not enough to have a motherland; keeping and representing the country is also important.  

The press conference’s other speaker, writer and journalist Vardan Devrikyan, who likewise had covered Shushi’s liberation, said the Armenian people need to carry out three things in connection with the liberation’s 20th anniversary: pay tribute to the memory of the fallen; bow before the fighters; and, build a strong Armenia.

Devrikyan added that the victory in Shushi was also the victory of Armenian journalism, which was presented to the world.