ROBERT KOCHARIAN: MAY 28 IS ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT REFUGES ON WAY OF
CREATING NATIONAL STATE, FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY

YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. RA President Robert
Kocharian sent a message of congratulation on the occasion of the
Republic Holiday. The message submitted to Noyan Tapan by the
President’s Press Office, reads as the following: “Dear compatriots, I
congratulate you upon the Republic Day.

Independence was a goal of centuries for the Armenian people that
becomes reality due to our people’s liberating struggle and
especially, 1918 May heroic battle. By its short existence of
1918-1920, the first Republic of Armenia inspires the Armenian people
with a hope to have an independent statehood. It also became a basis
for the Soviet Armenia and the present Republic of Armenia.

I congratule all us upon this important May holiday. May 28 is one of
the most important refuges on our way of creating a national state,
freedom and democracy.”