Kurdish partisans attacked the military post in the south-east of Turkey in the region of Pervari, five Turkish servicemen were killed.

Jewelers from the Armenian Diaspora gathered in Armenia in the framework of celebrations dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the republic’s independence. United by the Armenian Jewelers Association (AJA), many of them head the associations of jewelers in the countries they live.

For history 20 years is a negligible period of time, almost less than a second. But for people, who for 600 years have been deprived of statehood and independence, it’s quite a long interval of time during which intermediate results can be totaled, providing a good example of survival. On September 21, 1991 majority of Armenians thought that a good deal of problems, including the Karabakh issue, could be solved with declaration of independence. Everyone then thought that the world community would not leave the Armenian people one on one against aggressors, by recognizing the right of nations to self-determination.