Events commemorating Monte Melkonyan held in NKR
On 12 June, Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan visited the town of Martouni where he participated in the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the death of Artsakh hero Monte Melkonyan.
Bako Sahakyan laid wreaths to the monuments of Avo and perished soldiers. Later he took part in a meeting held in memory of Monte Melkonyan in Martouni Culture Palace.
Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, National Assembly deputy speaker Arthur Tovmasyan, vice prime-minister Arthur Aghabekyan, head of the General Staff of the Republic of Armenia's Armed Forces Yuri Khachaturov, NKR defense minister Movses Hakobyan, other officials, guests from Armenia and the Diaspora partook in the events, reports the Central Information Department of the Artsakh President's Office.
