Arayik Harutyunyan, President of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on Thursday visited the Stepanakert city memorial on the 30th anniversary of the Artsakh Republic Day, and laid a wreath in memory of the casualties of the Artsakh and Patriotic wars.
The second and third presidents of Artsakh, Arkadi Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan; as well as the Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, accompanied him.
President Harutyunyan laid flowers at the graves - near this memorial - of the victims of the Artsakh war.
MPs from the two Armenian republics, senior members of the Artsakh government, and representatives of the Artsakh Defense Army command staff also participated in the official ceremony.
