Presidnet Robert Kocharyan congratulated the Armenian people

ArmRadio.am
27.05.2006 14:44

President Robert Kocharyan issued a congratulating message on the
occasion of the Republic Day. The message says, in particular,

`I congratulate you on Republic Day. Independence was the
centuries-long target of the Armenian people, which became reality due
to our people’s struggle for liberation and especially the heroic
battles in May.

With its short existence between 1918-1920 the first Republic of
Armenia inspired the hope of having own independence. It also laid the
foundation of the Soviet Armenia and today’s Republic of Armenia.

I congratulate all of us on the Republic Day. May 28 is an important
factor on our way of building towards national statehood, freedom and
democracy.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS