On May 9, Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan and President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan took part in the events in Stepanakert and Shushi dedicated to the Victory Holiday, the Day of the Artsakh Republic Defense Army and the liberation of Shushi.

In the Stepanakert Memorial Complex, the Presidents laid a wreath and flowers to the monument to World War II and Artsakh liberation struggle martyrs.

Thereupon they visited the town of Shushi where they laid wreaths and flowers to the pedestal of the tank-monument and the monument to Vazgen Sargsyan. They also attended the public prayer to the glory of independent statehood offered in Shushi Ghazanchetsots Church of Christ the Savior.

On the same day, Bako Sahakyan was present also at the festive concert held in the Renaissance square of the Stepanakert.

NKR second President Arkady Ghukasyan, leadership of the Artsakh Republic, official delegation of the Republic of Armenia, representatives of the Diaspora, as well as guests from abroad attended the festivities, reported the Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President.