Senior officials visit Yerablur

armradio.am
28.01.2008 16:02

On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of formation of the Armenian
Army, RA President Robert Kocharyan today visited Yerablur Pantheon to
pay homage to the memory of the soldiers of the liberation war in
Artsakh. President Kocharyan was accompanied by the Speaker of the
National Assembly of Armenia Tigran Torosyan, Prime Minister Serge
Sargsyan, Deputy Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, members of
Government, NA Deputies, senior Officers. The President laid flowers at
the memorials to Vazgen Sargsyan, Karen Demirchyan and soldiers that
fell in the liberation war in Artsakh.

`I feel regret, pain and excitement every time I visit Yerablur,’ PM
Serge Sargsyan told journalists.

RA Defense Minister Michael Harutyunyan congratulated everyone on Army
Day and noted that the Army grew from childhood to youth.

`Though a child, during the past 16 years our Army fulfilled the tasks
posed to it: it won the war, developed and showed its power.’ `The Army
is strong, effective and is ready to defend the Armenian people, our
state and the security of borders,’ Michael Harutyunyan said.