Panorama, Armenia
May 9 2019
Tribute to the memory of heroes that fell for peace
2019-05-09 13:08:30
President Armen Sarkissian, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, high-ranking officials and servicemen, war veterans, diplomats accredited to Armenia visited the Victory Park in Yerevan today.
They laid flowers at the memorial to the Unknown Soldier and paid tribute to the memory of the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the protection of the homeland and peace.
Talking to reporters, President Sarkissian said “our victories are special, because those are our national victories.”
“If we go one hundred years back and refer to Sardarabad, Bash Aparan, the victories that preceded the First World War, well see that we will see that these are national victories, because not only the Armenian army, but also the whole nation was fighting,” the President said.
“The same was true for the Second World War, the Artsakh War and the April War,” Armen Sarkissian stated.
“At times of danger, our people unite, making victory a target. And this is a very important fact,” President Sarkissian stated.
