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We didn't have independence 21 years ago, but we had holiday -
Armenian political figure
news.am
September 21, 2012 | 13:19
YEREVAN. - We didn't have independence 21 years ago, but we had a
holiday, and we have a holiday 21 years later, but we don't have
independence, former Karabakh Committee member Ashot Manucharyan
stated during a press conference on Friday.
Yet he advised no to worry because if there is a problem, there also
is a chance to surmount it. In his words, a man is a man to the extent
that he is free.
`Since we are an astonishing people, we first became free and then
independent. But the opposite occurs with the [other] people,'
Manucharyan noted.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Friday, September 21, 2012
is the 21st anniversary of Armenia's independence.
The declaration of Armenia's independence was adopted on August 23,
1990, and during session of the country's then Supreme Council.
And on September 21, 1991 a referendum was held to decide upon
seceding from the ex-USSR and declaring independence. As a result,
2,050,000 people - or 94.99 percent of the total number of voters - said
`yes' to independence. Solely 10,000 people voted against it.
And two days thereafter, the Supreme Council declared Armenia an
independent and a sovereign state.
Armenian political figure
news.am
September 21, 2012 | 13:19
YEREVAN. - We didn't have independence 21 years ago, but we had a
holiday, and we have a holiday 21 years later, but we don't have
independence, former Karabakh Committee member Ashot Manucharyan
stated during a press conference on Friday.
Yet he advised no to worry because if there is a problem, there also
is a chance to surmount it. In his words, a man is a man to the extent
that he is free.
`Since we are an astonishing people, we first became free and then
independent. But the opposite occurs with the [other] people,'
Manucharyan noted.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Friday, September 21, 2012
is the 21st anniversary of Armenia's independence.
The declaration of Armenia's independence was adopted on August 23,
1990, and during session of the country's then Supreme Council.
And on September 21, 1991 a referendum was held to decide upon
seceding from the ex-USSR and declaring independence. As a result,
2,050,000 people - or 94.99 percent of the total number of voters - said
`yes' to independence. Solely 10,000 people voted against it.
And two days thereafter, the Supreme Council declared Armenia an
independent and a sovereign state.