YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS. On August 27 President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the Hadrout region and in the vicinities of Araler locality partook in a solemn ceremony organized within the frameworks of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteers Union traditional pilgrimage. “Armenpress” was informed from Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President, President Bako Sahakyan highly appreciated the union's annual pilgrimages, underlining their significance from the viewpoint of patriotic upbringing of the younger generation, reinforcing army-society ties and national unity.

NKR Defense Minister Levon Mnatsakanyan, chairman of the "Yerkrapah" Volunteers Union Manvel Grigoryan and other officials attended the event.