BAKO SAHAKYAN: ARTSAKH IS ON PATH OF BUILDING DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Yerkir
22.02.2010 14:35
Yerevan (Yerkir) – NKR president Bako Sahakyan delivered a speech at
the NKR National Assembly deputies of all convocations in connection
with the Artsakh Revival Day. Below is the text of the speech.
Dear attendees, I am glad to welcome all of you and congratulate all
our compatriots on the Artsakh Revival Day. Each of you carries the
very symbol of this day and has had a personal contribution to the
realization of the ideas of the national liberation movement. Many
of our friends have laid down their lives for victory of these
ideas. Eternal glory and honor to them!
20 February of 1988 became the starting point of our national revival.
We stood to defend our natural right for free and independent life on
our native land, for mastering our own destiny independently and in
correspondence with international norms and principles. Azerbaijan
reacted to our peaceful and just demand with cruel and bloody war,
which caused heavy human sacrifices and devastations.
The heroic people of Artsakh together with world spread Armenians
managed to withstand all the ordeals and chose the path of building
a democratic state. For us this way has been irreversible and final.
We are very much confident that every problem the contemporary world
faces can be solved exclusively in civilized manner, around the
negotiation table through direct dialogue. In contrast with this the
authorities of Azerbaijan continue to wage militaristic policy keeping
their own people in a situation of permanent tensions and the danger
of war resumption. These threats are vain and inappropriate. We have
a regular and efficient army that is ready to give a fitting rebuff
to any encroachment upon the security of our state and people.
Dear friends, The NKR National Assembly of all convocations has
played a great role in building an independent statehood, forming
state institutions and consolidating democratic values. Soon there
will be new regular elections of the NKR National Assembly. For our
people it is a political event of utmost importance. And we should
do everything possible for these elections as always to be carried
out in correspondence with international standards and take us a step
forward Ïn the way of building a firm and prosperous future of Artsakh.
Thank you!