ANDRANIK MARGARIAN: “DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE STARTS NEW STAGE OF
ARMENIAN NEWEST HISTORY”

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, NOYAN TAPAN. “The Declaration of Independence of
Armenia adopted on August 23, 1990, as a matter of fact, started a new
stage in the Armenian newest history: expressing the common will of
the people of Armenia, the start of the process of establishing an
independent state was declared.” This is said in RA Prime Minister
Andranik Margarian’s congratulation message on the occasion of the
15th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of
the Republic of Armenia. The text was submitted to Noyan Tapan by the
RA NA Public Relations Department. Then the message reads: “In a year,
in September, the independent Republic of Armenia was already a
reality fixed as a result of a public referendum. Further efforts were
led to fulfilment of national goals of the declaration of independence
and main principles as a result of what, overcoming many difficulties,
our state of already 14 years old advances confidently, assuring in
his devotion to humane values and strengthening basis of our state
year by year. Since its independence, wide opportunities have been
created for integration in the civilized world and walking concomitant
with it, establishment of equal in rights mutual relations with other
states and peoples, at the same time, for keeping our identity,
securing it and fulfilling national dreams, for inheriting a powerful
and prosperous Armenia to our generations. Even today, in a dozen of
years, we can say surely that the Declaration of Independence was a
clearly realized choice based on the hard but heroic struggle to keep
the Armenian freedom-loving soul in generations and to reach the
desired day of independence of those devoted to the independence
during the previous decates, and before it as well. On the occasion of
this day important for all of us, let’s congratulate each other and
bend down before the saint memory of the martyrs for independence. I
am sure that we shall be able to secure the approaches of the passed
difficult way with joint efforts, to add them new ones, confront all
challenges and continue our march of independence firmly.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress