Text of resolution of Nagorno Karabakh [NKAO] requesting incorporation in Soviet Armenia: February 20, 1988

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[20 February 1988]

Text of resolution by the government of Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabagh requesting incorporation in Soviet Armenia

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE 20TH SESSION, THE SOVIET OF PEOPLE’S DEPUTIES, AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MOUNTAINOUS KARABAGH.

RESOLUTION:

Regarding mediation for the transfer of the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabagh (ARMK) from the Azerbaijani S.S.R. to the Armenian S.S.R.

After listening to and reviewing the statements of the people’s deputies of the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabagh Soviet “regarding the mediation of the S.S.R. Supreme Soviet between the Azerbaijani S.S.R. and Armenian S.S.R. for the transfer of the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabagh from the Azerbaijani S.S.R. to the Armenian S.S.R.,” the special session of regional soviet of Mountainous Karabagh

RESOLVES,

Welcoming the wishes of the workers of the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabagh to request to supreme soviets of Azerbaijani and Armenian S.S.R.s that they appreciate the deep aspirations of the Armenian population of Mountainous Karabagh and to transfer the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabagh from the Azerbaijani S.S.R. to the Armenian S.S.R., at the same time to intercede with the Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R. to reach a positive resolution regarding the transfer of the region from the Azerbaijani S.S.R. to the Armenian S.S.R.

[Sovetakan Gharabagh, Feburary 21, 1988]

The Karabagh File, Documents and Facts, 1918-1988, First Edition, Cambridge Toronto 1988, by the ZORYAN INSTITUTE, edited by: Gerard J. LIBARIDIAN, p. 90.

Photo: Ruslan Sargsyan