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  • 25th Anniversary Of Karabakh Petition For Secession From Azerbaijan

    25TH ANNIVERSARY OF KARABAKH PETITION FOR SECESSION FROM AZERBAIJAN

    February 20, 2013 - 13:53 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - 25 years ago, on February 20, 1988, the Special
    Session of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Council of People~Rs
    Deputies passed a petition to appeal to the Supreme Councils of
    the Azerbaijani SSR and Armenian SSR for the secession of NKAO from
    Soviet Azerbaijan and its transfer to Soviet Armenia, at the same
    time appealing to the Supreme Council of the USSR on a positive
    resolution of the issue on NKAO~Rs secession from Azerbaijani SSR
    and its transfer to Armenian SSR.

    The decision was followed by mass rallies in Karabakh and Armenia.

    In response to the peaceful demands of Artsakh Armenians, that made up
    80% of the total population of NKAO, Azerbaijan unleashed aggression
    against the civilians. As a result of 1991-1994 national liberation
    war, Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed, with NKR defense army
    forming a security zone of 7 provinces. The cease-fire was signed
    in 1994.

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