ArmInfo."Circle-friendship" France-Artsakh congratulated Nagorno-Karabakh on the Day of Revival. "30 years ago, on February 20, the Council of People's Deputies, expressing the will of the Artsakh people, adopted a historic decision that opened a new page in the history of Artsakh and became an important stage in the liberation movement."
The Artsakh movement was an unprecedented, genuinely democratic and peaceful movement for civil and national rights , economic equality and cultural identity.On 13 February 1988 in Stepanakert, tens of thousands of people spontaneously rallied, took to the streets in defense of their rights, chanting "Freedom", "Glasnost", "Perestroika" and "Reunion with Armenia." The Artsakh movement inspired millions of people from the post-Soviet space to fight for their freedom, "the statement received in ArmInfo said.
At the same time, the "Friendship Circle" recalled that the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, to which Nagorno-Karabakh was illegally annexed, responded to democratic, peaceful and legal demonstrations with violent pogroms and murders of Armenians residing in various cities of Azerbaijan (Sumgait, Kirovabad, Baku). "The national hatred of Armenians is still the state policy pursued by the Azerbaijani authorities at the highest level, denying the right of the people of Artsakh to exist." We honor the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in order for the Artsakh Republic to gain freedom and build a democratic state He reaffirms the necessity and irreversibility of the international community's full recognition of the full independence of Artsakh. [1] The realities demand the return of the Artsakh Republic to the negotiating table, it is important for the final settlement of the conflict and establishment of peace in the South Caucasus ", - the report says the circle of friendship.