11:18, 1 May 2023

YEREVAN, MAY 1, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan issued a statement on International Workers' Day, also referred to as Labor Day.

Below is the full statement as released by the Prime Minister’s Office:

“Dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia, today we celebrate Labor Day. On this occasion I’d like to reiterate the idea voiced recently in parliament that the key to solving all our problems is work and education. And again, I can’t set apart work from education because you can’t get education without work, while work which isn’t based on knowledge is simply a suffering without the desired result.

Work based on knowledge is progress, education, productivity and creative pleasure. The economic success we have today is based on this very principle. It is on this very principle that hundreds of thousands of workers and businessmen ensure the impressive revenues of the state budget of Armenia, it is they who increase the respect towards work and education, proving that unbelievable successes can be reached through knowledge-based work.

Work based on knowledge and knowledge strengthened through work and experience – this is the principle that must make our economy, our army, our diplomacy, our educational system and overall our state modern and competitive. Furthermore, highlighting the establishment of standards in many sectors, we don’t find standardization of knowledge to be at all any useful, because bricklayers need the knowledge required in their own field, locksmiths in theirs, diplomats and military servicemembers in theirs. But it is unequivocal and unambiguous that only knowledge-based work can lead to development and progress.

And therefore, happy Labor Day to everyone and I thank everyone who are elevating Armenia with their work. I convey special congratulations and greetings to the foreigners who’ve chosen our country as a place for their work and economic activity, welcome.”