"WE SHALL NOT RETURN LIBERATED TERRITORIES"

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[07:08 pm] 21 May, 2007

"May 21 made history. We have assembled here to recall the glorious events of May 21 and our heroes' struggle for the liberation of Shushi and Lachin. They sacrificed their lives to connect Artsakh with Mother Armenia. No one is going to return Kashatagh to Azerbaijan. The rumors are fabricated. Do not believe them! We did not liberate the territories to return later on. We must reconstruct and develop Kashatagh.

Armenian and Karabakh officialdom should attach great importance to Kashatagh. We are to restore all the liberated territories," Arkadi Ghukasyan, the President of Nagorno-Karabakh said during the 15th anniversary of the Lachin corridor opening.

Under a decree of the NKR President, some residents were awarded prizes during the ceremony.

It is noteworthy that Lachin corridor is the only bridge between the NKR and Armenia.