An Event Dedicated to the Missing Freedom Fighters

29 June, 2011 00:00
On June 29, on the Remembrance Day of the missing freedom fighters, The senior staff of the Defense Ministry and the General Staff headed by the head of the Committee on POWs Hostages and the Missing People, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan visited Yerablur Pantheon to pay tribute to the monument of the Missing Freedom Fighters.

ARM Defesne Minister Seyran Ohanyan, relatives of the missing freedom fighters, combat friends, participated in the commemorative event held in the Yerevan Chamber Music Hall. While addressing the relatives, Seyran Ohanyan particularly said, ”There isn’t a single reasonable man who would prefer war rather than peace. Though for every nation there happen to be moments when the war turns out to be enforced and decisive for the security and further development of that nation. In this sense the Artsakh War was the sacred struggle through which we were able to preserve our national dignity. Unfortunately we had irreversible losses during the war. Glory and honor to all freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for our current peaceful reality. Unfortunately we have had missing people too during military operations whose faiths our still unknown. I realize the difficult situation by which you live today. Every phone call or doorbell evokes the expectation of your relatives. I assure you that the Committee on POWs Hostages and the Missing People steadily carries out work with the international organizations to find out information on the missing people and organize their return home”. There have been organized several events in regions of Armenia on this commemoration day too.