ArmInfo. Artsakh's incumbent president Bako Sahakyan and NKR's second president Arkady Ghukassian appealed to Armenian Prosecutor General Arthur Davtyan to change the preventive measure against Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the taking of Shushi.
The message received by ArmInfo, in particular, states: "As you know, every year on May 9 in Artsakh is celebrated the Victory Day, the Day of the Formation of the NKR Defense Army and the Liberation of Shushi. According to tradition, in the festivities in Shushi and Stepanakert, among other guests all the former heads of Artsakh, people who have made a significant contribution to the Karabakh war, who were at the origins of the state and the army, participated in the liberation of Shushi and achieving victory, considering the fact that the first President of Artsakh, Robert Kocharyan is under arrest, we ask you, on the eve of May 9, to make a decision to change the preventive measure. We are ready to come up with any public guarantees that will be necessary to release him from the detention center and to keep him free during the whole trial. We hope that your decision will become possible the fate of all three NKR presidents at the festive events on May 9 in Stepanakert and Shushi, which undoubtedly will be a signal of solidarity and unity not only for our society, but for the whole world and the enemy. "