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ARTSAKH HISTORY IS A HISTORY OF TRIUMPH OVER VIOLENCE, WAR, AND BLOCKADE: TATOUL MARKARIAN
10:32, 15 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. The event dedicated to the 25th
anniversary of the Karabakh movement, was held on March 13. A number of
congressmen, diplomats, heads of the American-Armenian organizations,
heads of dioceses and numerous representatives of the American-Armenian
community and journalists participated in the evening's celebration.
As reports "Armenpress" in her remarks the Minister of Culture
and Youth Affairs of Artsakh Narine Aghabalyan explained that:
"The Karabakh movement symbolizes the struggle of the Armenians of
Artsakh for their rights and freedoms. I was lucky not only to witness
these historical events, but also to be a direct participant. The
Karabakh movement started at the end of 1980's. It was the period of
Gorbachev's Perestroika, a new approach was initiated in the Soviet
Union. It gave people a hope for democratic change and inspired them
to speak out about problems that had existed in the Soviet Union
for decades, but were subjected to a "symbolic silence" under the
Communist regime. The Karabakh issue was one of those problems, and,
I am proud to say, we were the first to break the silence.
Internationally unrecognized and therefore largely deprived of
much-needed support, we have chosen the path of democracy and built a
state where human rights and civil rights are considered our highest
of values. Artsakh's commitment to democratic principles has been
affirmed by U.S. legislators and all the international observers who
have, in recent years, served as observers at Artsakh's presidential,
parliamentary and municipal elections."
The Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Tatoul
Markarian expressed his gratitude to the Congress Caucus for their
firm support to the independence, security, and democratic development
of Artsakh. Among other things he noted: "25 years of Artsakh history
is a history of triumph over intolerance, violence, war, and blockade.
The people of the ancient Christian country succeeded to resist the
Azerbaijani aggression and to build a free and democratic society,
and economy based on market relations."
The Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce
(R-CA), joined with fellow members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus
and the visiting Minister of Youth and Culture from the Republic of
Nagorno Karabakh, Narine Aghabalyan, in a bipartisan Capitol Hill
celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the Artsakh democracy
and freedom movement. The ANCA told "Armenpress" that record number
of U. S. congressmen joined the celebration.
The event, hosted by the Congressional Armenian Caucus in the historic
Cannon Building, featured a keynote address by Minister Aghabalyan,
remarks by Chairman Royce, comments by the two Co-Chairman of the
Armenian Caucus, Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Michael Grimm (R-NY), a
moving speech by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), and messages by
Congresswomen Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Jackie Speier (D-CA). Congressman
David Cicilline (D-RI) welcomed Minister Aghabalyan to the event,
and participated in the evening's celebration.
From: A. Papazian
10:32, 15 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. The event dedicated to the 25th
anniversary of the Karabakh movement, was held on March 13. A number of
congressmen, diplomats, heads of the American-Armenian organizations,
heads of dioceses and numerous representatives of the American-Armenian
community and journalists participated in the evening's celebration.
As reports "Armenpress" in her remarks the Minister of Culture
and Youth Affairs of Artsakh Narine Aghabalyan explained that:
"The Karabakh movement symbolizes the struggle of the Armenians of
Artsakh for their rights and freedoms. I was lucky not only to witness
these historical events, but also to be a direct participant. The
Karabakh movement started at the end of 1980's. It was the period of
Gorbachev's Perestroika, a new approach was initiated in the Soviet
Union. It gave people a hope for democratic change and inspired them
to speak out about problems that had existed in the Soviet Union
for decades, but were subjected to a "symbolic silence" under the
Communist regime. The Karabakh issue was one of those problems, and,
I am proud to say, we were the first to break the silence.
Internationally unrecognized and therefore largely deprived of
much-needed support, we have chosen the path of democracy and built a
state where human rights and civil rights are considered our highest
of values. Artsakh's commitment to democratic principles has been
affirmed by U.S. legislators and all the international observers who
have, in recent years, served as observers at Artsakh's presidential,
parliamentary and municipal elections."
The Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Tatoul
Markarian expressed his gratitude to the Congress Caucus for their
firm support to the independence, security, and democratic development
of Artsakh. Among other things he noted: "25 years of Artsakh history
is a history of triumph over intolerance, violence, war, and blockade.
The people of the ancient Christian country succeeded to resist the
Azerbaijani aggression and to build a free and democratic society,
and economy based on market relations."
The Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce
(R-CA), joined with fellow members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus
and the visiting Minister of Youth and Culture from the Republic of
Nagorno Karabakh, Narine Aghabalyan, in a bipartisan Capitol Hill
celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the Artsakh democracy
and freedom movement. The ANCA told "Armenpress" that record number
of U. S. congressmen joined the celebration.
The event, hosted by the Congressional Armenian Caucus in the historic
Cannon Building, featured a keynote address by Minister Aghabalyan,
remarks by Chairman Royce, comments by the two Co-Chairman of the
Armenian Caucus, Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Michael Grimm (R-NY), a
moving speech by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), and messages by
Congresswomen Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Jackie Speier (D-CA). Congressman
David Cicilline (D-RI) welcomed Minister Aghabalyan to the event,
and participated in the evening's celebration.
From: A. Papazian