"What was the most moving thing for me was when the people of Stepanakert came out of the basements after the liberation of Shushi. When the freedom fighters came down to Stepanakert the people welcomed them in the street with flowers. It was a great relief and a joyous occasion," recounts Aida Serobyan, who participated in the Artsakh War. Mrs. Serobyan says that while the war was raging, they even lost count of the days and years. "Only one thing interested us; to go forward and liberate the land," she stated at the "Henaran" press club. "Immediately after hearing that Artsakh needed medical workers, the day after in fact, I went to the Ministry of Health instead of going to my job at the clinic and told them to send me to Artsakh. I went and remained till the end of the war," she said. She told the story of a 12 year-old boy who had lost his father in the war. The boy came to the front and demanded his father’s gun so that he too could fight for the liberation of the homeland. Mrs. Serobyan lamented the fact that the spirit of the 1990’s was in short supply today. Igor Sargsyan, another war vet at the press conference, said that this could be explained by a change in the value system. "But I do not believe that this change will be able to strangle the system bequeathed us through the centuries. There must be no talk of giving back lands. If a person is ready to return an inch, he just might give it all back. Just know that we will never be defeated. The war is not over; it can begin again at any moment. We will not give back any piece of land. In fact, there are still historic lands to be regained," said Mr. Sargsyan.