RA PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARGSYAN’S CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE ON 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIA’S INDEPENDENCE

Monday, 21 September 2009

RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s Congratulations Message on 18th
Anniversary of Armenia’s Independence

Dear compatriots,

I warmly congratulate all of us on our chief State holiday –
Independence Day.

For each of us the holiday of independence is an occasion for
comprehension of the way gone by the State, success and failure
stories, achievements and challenges. This retrospective view is an
opportunity to think about the problems faced and anticipate future
action.

This is likewise a day of common pride for us. We must push ahead by
fostering and strengthening our independence, by making possible and
even impossible efforts toward the fulfillment of our long-cherished
dream – our legitimate right to living independently. Each of us
should feel proud of our people’s unfailing efforts thanks to which
Motherland – Armenia has been growing stronger and stronger.

We are actually going through a historical period. The modern world
is posing ever new challenges to us. I am convinced that we will
cope with them through unity and dedication which were at the heart
of our independence.

Dear compatriots, sisters and brothers,

The age of 18 is considered to be the threshold of majority. Today
Armenia’ s sovereign nationhood is stepping over it along with
those who are coevals with our State. I am formulating separate
congratulations for our children – those teenagers called "generation
of independence," who happened to be born in the independent Republic
of Armenia.

With reiterated congratulations on the day of independence, I wish
peace, prosperity and realization of the all-national goals to our
country and people.