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On April 5, Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited Shahumyan region to attend a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Karvachar liberation. 

President Sahakyan handed over state awards to a group of veterans of Artsakh Liberation War, servicemen of the Defense Army and local residents for defending the Fatherland and boosting the republic's socioeconomic development.

In his remarks, President Sahakyan noted that the liberation of Karvachar is a great holiday not only for Shahumyan region and Artsakh but also for the worldspread Armenians, and that it had a key military, political and psychological role for the Armenian people and their independent statehood. He stressed that it is hard to overestimate the strategic importance of Shahumyan region, which is among the crucial components ensuring military, social and water security of Artsakh people. Bako Sahakyan said that the development of Shahumyan region is a national goal of strategic importance, noting that the problems of the region have always been in the spotlight of Artsakh authorities.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, members of NKR National Assembly and government, guests from the Republic of Armenia attended the event, Central Information Department at Artsakh President's Office reported.