Shushi liberation was symbolic, a literature expert, Artsakh liberation war participant stated.

“Those who own Shushi, own Karabakh,” Vardan Devrikyan told a news conference in Yerevan. As he noted, the life of people in Stepanakert and adjacent villages depended on Shushi, from where they were fired at.

“The liberation of Shushi allowed Armenians to overcome psychological problems and helped make a transition from losses to victories. At present, Armenians need to overcome another barrier by returning to Shushi and other liberated villages of Artsakh,” Devrikyan stressed.