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PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ADDRESSES NATION ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
news.am
Sept 21 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan addressed the nation
at the Military Parade on the occasion of Independence Day.
Generals and Officers,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I congratulate us all on the occasion of the Republic~Rs 20th
anniversary of Independence.
Twenty years ago on this day, large numbers of voters were casting
ballots into the ballot-boxes with the hands of their children and
grandchildren. Those children, who are grown-ups today, have had
inherited a country to live in free and independent Armenia.
The choice of our people was deeply conscientious. We were also aware
that neither of the former Soviet Republics had such unfavorable
starting point as was ours. A large part of the country was a disaster
zone, and we were at the brink of war. But we handed the ballots to
our children and said, ~SYes!~T Yes, we were ready to assume heroic
tasks. And we have.
Those who were not here in Armenia in the 90-s and who watch
documentary of those days, cannot believe that it all was like that.
Even the streets of Yerevan looked different, to say nothing of
Artsakh, borders and towns of Armenia under shelling.
Reinstatement of our statehood was a holiday ~V our dream came true
but first of all it was a responsibility. From that moment on we
became responsible for our security, our economy, our culture, our
present and our future.
Long live the Armenian nation, which went through war and fire. It
went through all this with boundless trust in Armenia, unwavering
stance and persistent efforts.
Long live free Artsakh, which has written the most glorious page of
our modern history not without the blood of its children.
Long live Armenian volunteers, who at the fateful moment had become
the pillars personifying our dignity and self-respect.
Long live the victorious Armenian Army, which is an indispensable
component of peace and stability in our region.
Long live builders and construction workers, who restored to life
our villages and towns ruined by the earthquake.
Long live Armenian Spyurk, which once was beside Armenia but now has
become Armenia~Rs extension.
Armenia~Rs weight in the international world is much more than
our geographical size. And credit of it first of all goes to a
well-organized and dedicated Spyurk. Long live our brothers and
sisters living all over the world.
Today, Armenia, notwithstanding all its problems, is an established
state. It is proved by today~Rs military parade. And our most precious
possession is the generation of independence. A generation, which
represents citizens of a free country and cannot imagine any other
status. This is a generation which has much to give to its country
and to its people but which also has concerns and demands. And these
are the most significant precursors of progress.
In two decades, we have made a huge leap forward, however there is
still much to be done. Achievements and failures ~V they are all ours.
With this conviction and with the societal accord in the next twenty
years we will be able to build a country, which will come close to our
ideals. I believe in that because I believe in our collective power.
Troops, which will march through this Square in ceremonial step, are
contemporaries of our Independence. This is the Armenia which has a
millennia-long profound history which is, however, only twenty years
old ~V full of twenty-year~Rs ardor and enthusiasm, full of passion
for life and belief, full of optimism and ambitious programs, but
not with the naivety of a twenty-year old. This is a new Armenia,
which cannot be deceived or harassed, which cannot be compelled or
blackmailed. You can befriend and cooperate with this Armenia, you
can celebrate success and share pain with this Armenia, you can set
example for and learn from this Armenia. This is a new Armenia which
remembers much but is not vindictive, which has seen much but today
is looking into future.
This parade is a glorious episode of the Armenian nation~Rs perpetual
march.
Dear Fellow Citizens,
I once again congratulate us all on this great holiday and wish our
state new anniversaries and centennials.
The Republic of Armenia is twenty years old,
Long live the Republic of Armenia!
Long live the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia!
news.am
Sept 21 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan addressed the nation
at the Military Parade on the occasion of Independence Day.
Generals and Officers,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I congratulate us all on the occasion of the Republic~Rs 20th
anniversary of Independence.
Twenty years ago on this day, large numbers of voters were casting
ballots into the ballot-boxes with the hands of their children and
grandchildren. Those children, who are grown-ups today, have had
inherited a country to live in free and independent Armenia.
The choice of our people was deeply conscientious. We were also aware
that neither of the former Soviet Republics had such unfavorable
starting point as was ours. A large part of the country was a disaster
zone, and we were at the brink of war. But we handed the ballots to
our children and said, ~SYes!~T Yes, we were ready to assume heroic
tasks. And we have.
Those who were not here in Armenia in the 90-s and who watch
documentary of those days, cannot believe that it all was like that.
Even the streets of Yerevan looked different, to say nothing of
Artsakh, borders and towns of Armenia under shelling.
Reinstatement of our statehood was a holiday ~V our dream came true
but first of all it was a responsibility. From that moment on we
became responsible for our security, our economy, our culture, our
present and our future.
Long live the Armenian nation, which went through war and fire. It
went through all this with boundless trust in Armenia, unwavering
stance and persistent efforts.
Long live free Artsakh, which has written the most glorious page of
our modern history not without the blood of its children.
Long live Armenian volunteers, who at the fateful moment had become
the pillars personifying our dignity and self-respect.
Long live the victorious Armenian Army, which is an indispensable
component of peace and stability in our region.
Long live builders and construction workers, who restored to life
our villages and towns ruined by the earthquake.
Long live Armenian Spyurk, which once was beside Armenia but now has
become Armenia~Rs extension.
Armenia~Rs weight in the international world is much more than
our geographical size. And credit of it first of all goes to a
well-organized and dedicated Spyurk. Long live our brothers and
sisters living all over the world.
Today, Armenia, notwithstanding all its problems, is an established
state. It is proved by today~Rs military parade. And our most precious
possession is the generation of independence. A generation, which
represents citizens of a free country and cannot imagine any other
status. This is a generation which has much to give to its country
and to its people but which also has concerns and demands. And these
are the most significant precursors of progress.
In two decades, we have made a huge leap forward, however there is
still much to be done. Achievements and failures ~V they are all ours.
With this conviction and with the societal accord in the next twenty
years we will be able to build a country, which will come close to our
ideals. I believe in that because I believe in our collective power.
Troops, which will march through this Square in ceremonial step, are
contemporaries of our Independence. This is the Armenia which has a
millennia-long profound history which is, however, only twenty years
old ~V full of twenty-year~Rs ardor and enthusiasm, full of passion
for life and belief, full of optimism and ambitious programs, but
not with the naivety of a twenty-year old. This is a new Armenia,
which cannot be deceived or harassed, which cannot be compelled or
blackmailed. You can befriend and cooperate with this Armenia, you
can celebrate success and share pain with this Armenia, you can set
example for and learn from this Armenia. This is a new Armenia which
remembers much but is not vindictive, which has seen much but today
is looking into future.
This parade is a glorious episode of the Armenian nation~Rs perpetual
march.
Dear Fellow Citizens,
I once again congratulate us all on this great holiday and wish our
state new anniversaries and centennials.
The Republic of Armenia is twenty years old,
Long live the Republic of Armenia!
Long live the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia!