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MAY 18 MARKS 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROAD OF LIFE
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 18, 2011 - 12:22 AMT
19 years ago, on May 18, 1992, the defense army of Artsakh liberated
Lachin (now Berdzor), which was of vital importance. After liberation
of Shushi, the Armenian forces had a new goal - to cleave the Road
of Life at the shortest section between Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia,
since Karabakh was under conditions of severe economic blockade
Electricity and gas supplies were halted. Ammunition, food and
medicine were delivered from Armenia by civil aviation, the flight
becoming possible after liberation of Khojalu, where the only airport
in Karabakh was located.
On May 13, 1992, the Armenian forces continued concentrating near
Zarasly settlement located between Shushi and Lachin. The communication
with Lachin was cut off, while its hospital, school and building of
local administration were destructed.
On May 15, Armenian detachments attacked upland Gulablu settlement of
Aghdam region. Azerbaijani troops, which had numerical and positional
advantages, repelled the attack. The enemy's army fired at civilians of
Stepanakert and other Armenian settlements from high levels of Gulablu.
On May 17, the Armenian forces rebuffed the Azerbaijani army's attack
on Shushi with participation of 1,000 soldiers through the support
of 20 tanks and other armored vehicles.
According to the NKR defense army, exchanges of fire were recorded
in Lachin between the Azerbaijani armed detachments and local Kurds.
However, as soon as traffic through a bypass road from Berdzor to
Goris region was resumed, the Azerbaijani detachments started urgently
leaving Lachin.
On May 18, Armenian then defense minister Vazgen Sargsyan told
a parliament sitting in Armenia that the road connecting Nagorno
Karabakh with Armenia is open. A representative of the Azerbaijani
defense ministry admitted fall of Lachin in the second half of May 18.
Berdzor, the center of Kashatagh region, continues to serve as the Road
of Life connecting Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh also today. While the
Karabakh leadership has numerously stated that Berdzor will never be
transferred to Azerbaijan - the Lachin corridor cannot be a subject of
negotiations, since secure and normal existence of NKR is impossible
without it.
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 18, 2011 - 12:22 AMT
19 years ago, on May 18, 1992, the defense army of Artsakh liberated
Lachin (now Berdzor), which was of vital importance. After liberation
of Shushi, the Armenian forces had a new goal - to cleave the Road
of Life at the shortest section between Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia,
since Karabakh was under conditions of severe economic blockade
Electricity and gas supplies were halted. Ammunition, food and
medicine were delivered from Armenia by civil aviation, the flight
becoming possible after liberation of Khojalu, where the only airport
in Karabakh was located.
On May 13, 1992, the Armenian forces continued concentrating near
Zarasly settlement located between Shushi and Lachin. The communication
with Lachin was cut off, while its hospital, school and building of
local administration were destructed.
On May 15, Armenian detachments attacked upland Gulablu settlement of
Aghdam region. Azerbaijani troops, which had numerical and positional
advantages, repelled the attack. The enemy's army fired at civilians of
Stepanakert and other Armenian settlements from high levels of Gulablu.
On May 17, the Armenian forces rebuffed the Azerbaijani army's attack
on Shushi with participation of 1,000 soldiers through the support
of 20 tanks and other armored vehicles.
According to the NKR defense army, exchanges of fire were recorded
in Lachin between the Azerbaijani armed detachments and local Kurds.
However, as soon as traffic through a bypass road from Berdzor to
Goris region was resumed, the Azerbaijani detachments started urgently
leaving Lachin.
On May 18, Armenian then defense minister Vazgen Sargsyan told
a parliament sitting in Armenia that the road connecting Nagorno
Karabakh with Armenia is open. A representative of the Azerbaijani
defense ministry admitted fall of Lachin in the second half of May 18.
Berdzor, the center of Kashatagh region, continues to serve as the Road
of Life connecting Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh also today. While the
Karabakh leadership has numerously stated that Berdzor will never be
transferred to Azerbaijan - the Lachin corridor cannot be a subject of
negotiations, since secure and normal existence of NKR is impossible
without it.