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22nd anniversary of Armenia's independence: achievements and losses
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/09/21/september21/
13:03 - 21.09.13
Today, September 21, 2013, is the 22nd anniversary of Armenia's independence.
On September 21, 1991, 2,042,627 of 2,056,758 voters of Armenia
(94.39%) voted for the country's independence.
On September 23, 1991, the Supreme Council of Armenia declared the
country's independence.
Independence is a victory that will never be snatched from the Armenian people.
Following the statement on Armenia's accession to the Customs Union,
different political figures and forces are speaking of restrictions on
Armenia's sovereignty and even of Armenia's lost independence.
Tert.am interviewed the painter and poet Samvel Sevada and Art
Director of the Sharakan folk song company Daniel Yerazhisht.
Sevada notes progress among young people.
`I mean free thinking. It was not so in our times. We were bearers of
the Soviet ideology. I could not know many things. But now
communication is free and information is thousand times as much as it
was in our times,' he said.
Independence means problems. Good or bad, the Soviet Union guaranteed
certain stability.
`People worked and thought of achievements. We lived in 1/6 of the
world, and all the roads were open. Now we have open ways to the
world, but many other ways are closed,' Sevada said.
He regrets that independence caused emigration of many art and
cultural workers - 60% to 70% of them left the country.
`We can see many absurd things. The generation of independence does
not know modern Armenian writers,' he said.
Musicians and artists face the same problem. Art workers are not paid
in Armenia.
`My dream is clean and well-developed independent Armenia, with moral
people who are honest to each other, with prospering villages and no
emigration. I want my country to be really independent,' Sevada said.
For his part, Daniel Yerazhisht believes that independence requires
great efforts and responsibility, self-sacrifice because `this is our
people's centuries-old dream.'
`We are saving what our forefathers have left for us. They are waiting
for full victory and independence as well. They are watching us from
the ages. Can we achieve a full victory?'
Dabiel Yerazhist is optimistic. He believes that Armenia has the
potential to achieve the goals.
"Independence is a process. We must win every day,' he said
.
With respect to Armenia's accession to the Customs Union, Daniel
Yerazhist said he is not an `expert.'
In response to the statements that independence remains on paper, he
said, `So we must keep this paper.'
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/09/21/september21/
13:03 - 21.09.13
Today, September 21, 2013, is the 22nd anniversary of Armenia's independence.
On September 21, 1991, 2,042,627 of 2,056,758 voters of Armenia
(94.39%) voted for the country's independence.
On September 23, 1991, the Supreme Council of Armenia declared the
country's independence.
Independence is a victory that will never be snatched from the Armenian people.
Following the statement on Armenia's accession to the Customs Union,
different political figures and forces are speaking of restrictions on
Armenia's sovereignty and even of Armenia's lost independence.
Tert.am interviewed the painter and poet Samvel Sevada and Art
Director of the Sharakan folk song company Daniel Yerazhisht.
Sevada notes progress among young people.
`I mean free thinking. It was not so in our times. We were bearers of
the Soviet ideology. I could not know many things. But now
communication is free and information is thousand times as much as it
was in our times,' he said.
Independence means problems. Good or bad, the Soviet Union guaranteed
certain stability.
`People worked and thought of achievements. We lived in 1/6 of the
world, and all the roads were open. Now we have open ways to the
world, but many other ways are closed,' Sevada said.
He regrets that independence caused emigration of many art and
cultural workers - 60% to 70% of them left the country.
`We can see many absurd things. The generation of independence does
not know modern Armenian writers,' he said.
Musicians and artists face the same problem. Art workers are not paid
in Armenia.
`My dream is clean and well-developed independent Armenia, with moral
people who are honest to each other, with prospering villages and no
emigration. I want my country to be really independent,' Sevada said.
For his part, Daniel Yerazhisht believes that independence requires
great efforts and responsibility, self-sacrifice because `this is our
people's centuries-old dream.'
`We are saving what our forefathers have left for us. They are waiting
for full victory and independence as well. They are watching us from
the ages. Can we achieve a full victory?'
Dabiel Yerazhist is optimistic. He believes that Armenia has the
potential to achieve the goals.
"Independence is a process. We must win every day,' he said
.
With respect to Armenia's accession to the Customs Union, Daniel
Yerazhist said he is not an `expert.'
In response to the statements that independence remains on paper, he
said, `So we must keep this paper.'
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian