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    YERKRAPAH BOARD CHAIRMAN: ARTSAKH IS OUR NAME, ARMENIA IS OUR SURNAME

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    February 18, 2012 - 13:21 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Manvel Grigoryan, Yerkrapah Board chairman delivered
    a welcoming speech at the 9th meeting of Yerkrapah Volunteer Union.

    First of all he reminded of the 20th anniversary of independence the
    Republic of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic marked last year.

    "This is the independence we achieved due to lives and courage of
    our fellow fighters," he said.

    Grigoryan said he hoped the Armenian people keep in mind the Yerkrapah
    contribution: "Artsakh is our name, and Armenia is our surname,"
    he added.

    Grigoryan said, since 1994 "we were not much zealous to persecute our
    enemy; we contented ourselves with just small part of our homeland."

    "Border protection starts with Yerevan, and protection of Yerevan
    starts with the liberated territories and frontier regions. Our
    solidarity in late 20th century allowed us to gain independence and
    win back a small part of our motherland, and now we need solidarity
    to confront external and internal challenges."

    He stressed that Yerkrapah should always stand beside the army; he
    also emphasized the importance of military and patriotic education
    of the youth.

    Yerkrapah Volunteer Union was established in 1993. It currently
    comprises over 10 thousand members, most of them being veterans of
    Karabakh war.

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