Movses Hakobyan: Yerkrapah Union members know how to win

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Unity between Yerkrapah Volunteers Union members is of major importance in view of high possibility for hostilities’ resumption in Karabakh, Commander of the NKR Defense Army, Movses Hakobyan said.



“Yerkrapah members have been through the war and know how to win,” he said at the 8th union congress Tuesday, February 16.



“The Union must play a significant role in the military and patriotic training of rising generation,” Commander of the NKR Defense Army believes.





The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by the Azeri authorities in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.

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