The Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic President Bako Sahakyan participated in а solemn event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the NKR foreign ministry's formation.

In his speech, the President congratulated the ministry’s staff of the structure on the jubilee stressing the Foreign Ministry among the most important institutions of Artsakh.

As the President noted, since the very moment of its formation the ministry has been defending the interests of the Artsakh Republic and its people in different international platforms.

The President further handed in state awards and granted diplomatic ranks to a group of the foreign ministry officers.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, NKR’s second president Arkady Ghoukasyan, National Assembly speaker Ashot Ghulyan, Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan, Armenian minister of foreign affairs Edward Nalbandyan, the incumbent and former foreign ministers of the NKR, representatives of state, political and public sectors and guests from abroad partook in the event.