Shahumyan fall came as a shock after Shushi liberation – academicianJune 13, 2012 - 13:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The fall of Shahumyan came as a serious shock after Shushi liberation, a deputy director of the National Academy of Sciences’ Literature Institute said. As Vardan Devrikyan told June 13 news conference on Shushi liberation 20th anniversary, “defeats are as hard to talk of as victories are inspiring to recount.” “The fall of Shahumyan came as a true mystery, with everybody trying to shift the blame on each other at the time. Because of Shahumyan and Getashen’s strategic importance, Armenian side basically lost the half of Mardakert province,” he said. “They say in Artsakh: Getashen is a key to the house, Shahumyan is the lock, Artsakh is the gates and Armenia is the house itself. It was after the fall of Shahumyan that the detachment system was abandoned in favor of army creation,” Devrikyan said. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |