SERZH SARGSYAN SAYS ARTSAKH IS ESTABLISHED STATE WITH ITS STRUCTURES, ARMY AND CITIZENS
Panorama.am
13:18 02/09/2009
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan addressed congratulatory message
to the people of Artsakh on the occasion of their independence,
President’s Cabinet reports.
"Dear compatriots, I congratulate us all on the occasion of Nagorno
Karabakh Independence Day.
The last eighteen years reaffirmed the unambiguousness of the historic
decision adopted in 1991. Today, the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh is
an established state with its structures, army and most importantly,
with the citizens who are the masters of their own destiny.
Today, for us and for the international community Artsakh is a
modern republic which embodies the ideals of freedom, sovereignty and
democracy, and which despite all the objective as well as artificially
created hindrances and hardships is progressing, developing its
economy and culture, and defending peace.
The Republic of Armenia and the entire Armenian nation all these
years have been and will continue to be Artsakh’s sturdy supporters. I
assure all the citizens of Artsakh and all Armenians that the peaceful
resolution to the NK conflict will be first and foremost based on
the consent and free will of the people of Artsakh.
Dear people of Artsakh, We owe this holiday first of all to those who
stepped into immortality putting their lives on the altar of motherland
and freedom. Bowing to their memory, I once again congratulate you
with this holiday and wish you all well being, happiness and valor."