ARMENIA’S PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONSOLIDATION
ARKA
April 9, 2008
YEREVAN, April 9. /ARKA/. Armenia’s new President Serge Sargsyan
has called on all Armenian citizens to consolidate for building up
a strong and democratic state.
"Although the election struggle was severe and was even accompanied by
mutual insults, I would like to thank my opponents for the struggle,"
Sargsyan stated during the inauguration ceremony.
He also thanked those who admitted their defeat with credit and
accepted the invitation to cooperate and build up Armenia. "I will
be responsible for all my election promises and we will put them
into practice by combined efforts," Sargsyan said. "Together we will
build up Armenia that will unite all the Armenians and become their
Homeland," Sargsyan said.
"We will build up Armenia with an atmosphere of mutual confidence,
love and tolerance, where all our citizens, each family will have
chances for a secure life and self-expression," Sargsyan said.
He stated his intention to implement an active foreign policy and do
his best for a peaceful and fair settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"We will build up a strong, proud and democratic Armenian state,
where everybody will be equal to the law," Sargsyan said.
He expressed the confidence that the key to success of the initiatives
is, in many aspects, in the compatriots’ hands.
"It is for accomplishing this historic mission that I am calling
for consolidation again, which will allow us to create basic values,
move forward on the way of democracy and freedom," Sargsyan said.
He stated his intention to become a President who will implement
his program in its entirety, bring peace and stable development to
Armenia, boost the country’s reputation, resolve all the grave problems
facing the country, forecast all possible challenges and find means
of meeting them. "I can and will be such a President," Sargsyan said.
The inauguration ceremony for Armenia’s new president has been held
at the Opera House of Yerevan today.