Warwick, Rhode Island, proclaims May 20 as Day of Shushi Liberation
The City of Warwick, RI, proclaimed May 20, as the Shushi Liberation Day. “Due to the bravery of Armenian soldiers and excellent military strategy and organization, Shushi was liberated,” says proclamation by the Warwick’s Mayor Scott Avedisian.
“Attempts to reunify Artsakh and Armenia were met with resistance by Azerbaijan with murders, slaughters and torture,” the proclamation says, and emphasizes that “liberating Shushi became a matter of life and death.” The proclamation also characterizes the liberation of Shushi as “a turning point in the war” between Azerbaijan and Artsakh, press service of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic's Office in the U.S. reported.