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    ARMENIA MARKS 23ND ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

    August 23, 2013 | 09:00

    YEREVAN. - August 23, 2013 marks the 23nd anniversary of Armenia's
    Declaration of Independence.

    Exactly 23 years ago on this very day, Armenian SSR Supreme Council
    adopted Armenia's Declaration of Independence, whereby the country's
    independence process was launched.

    By way of the Declaration of Independence, Armenian SSR was renamed
    the Republic of Armenia-or Armenia, in short form. And on the very next
    day, that is, on August 24, the law on the country's flag was adopted,
    whereby the tricolor was recognized as Armenia's national flag.

    At the Supreme Council's session on August 23, 1990, the text of the
    Declaration of Independence was read by Aram Manukyan-the current
    opposition Armenian National Congress Parliamentary Faction Secretary
    and Armenian National Movement Party Chairman-as namesake of the
    founder of the First Republic of Armenia.

    One year later, on September 21, 1991, Armenia held its referendum
    on independence, and, as a result, 94.99 percent of the participants
    voted in favor of Armenia's independence.

    News from Armenia - NEWS.am

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