On 23 June President of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a decree according to which Lernik Hakobyan was released from the Commission on State Awards under the NKR President, while NKR minister of culture and youth affairs Narine Aghabalyan as well as deputy defense minister, chairman of Artsakh Union of Freedom Fighters Samvel Karapetyan were included into the commission.