RA PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARGSYAN’S MESSAGE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC

Wed nesday, 2 September 2009

Dear compatriots!

I am congratulating you on the 18th anniversary of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic’s independence.

Today all of us share in the joy of our freedom-loving brothers and
sisters from Artsakh as they celebrate their chief State holiday –
the Day of Independence.

On these very days 18 years ago, the long-awaited independence of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was being forged in the battlefield. Today
the NKR is a well-organized State, strong with advanced State and
public institutions and a model democracy, which has stood the test
of maturity.

Achievements like this would reflect credit upon any newly independent
country. Filled with pride, we bend our heads before the memory of all
those who spared no life and efforts to win freedom and independence
for the heroic people of Artsakh.

Reiterating my congratulations on this State holiday, I wish peace,
prosperity and all the best to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and
our compatriots.