Wednesday, September 2 2020 13:07

ArmInfo.The second President of Armenia Robert Kocharian sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of the Independence Day of Nagorno-Karabakh.

 "Dear people of Artsakh, I cordially congratulate you on the Independence  Day of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. I wish the native Karabakh a  strong peace, prosperity and new victories, "Kocharian's message,  published on the official website of the second president on  Facebook, says.

The congratulations are also accompanied by photographs taken on this  day in 1996 during festive events.  Let us remind that today,  September 2, marks the 29th anniversary of the independence of  Artsakh. It was on this day, September 2, 1991, at the joint session  of the Nagorno-Karabakh regional and Shahumyan regional Councils of  People's Deputies, which adopted the Declaration on the Proclamation  of the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic. From that day on, the modern  history of Artsakh began as an independent, sovereign state. The  people of Artsakh expressed their determination to build and  strengthen their statehood on the basis of democratic norms at the  referendum on independence on December 10, 1991 and at the  referendums on the adoption of Constitutions on December 10, 2006 and  February 20, 2017. 99.89% of citizens (108,615 people) who took part  in the referendum answered affirmatively to this question. In the  parliamentary elections that followed the referendum, the NKR  parliament was elected, which formed the first government. Yesterday,  on the occasion of the Artsakh Republic Day, an award ceremony was  held at the Artsakh President's residence.