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  06, 2011

  Statement by the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Strasbourg Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished Members of the Assembly, I would like to start by expressing my gratitude for the opportunity to address the European audience through this distinguished forum, which has played a crucial role in the process of enrooting democracy in Armenia. Twenty years ago, in September 1991, Armenia declared independence, attaining the dream of many centuries and generations, and reuniting with the community of sovereign states....
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  04, 2011

  Address of President Serzh Sargsyan on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide Fellow Compatriots, Today is the 24th of April, and we commemorate the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. In 1915-1923 a crime against the Armenian nation, against humanity and civilization was committed, which at the time had no name. All the names and definitions – moral, legal, or political – given later are only provisional and only in part reflect what had really happened. The true scope and depth of the tragedy is known only to us, and every Armenian, in any corner of...
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  03, 2011

  President Serzh Sargsyan’s remarks at the sitting of the Board of Police Generals and Officers, The reports that have been presented to us prove that reforms in the Police are underway. There is a goal, a precise course and necessary steps are being taken. I would like to invite your attention to the pace of the reforms, swiftness of reform implementation and, eventually, the outcome of the reforms. Sufficient amount of works has already been conducted for the improvement of the legal field and guidelines. However, the time has come to see some serious results...
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  03, 2011

  President Serzh Sargsyan’s remarks at the meeting on the priorities of the economic policy I have invited you today so that we together adjust our objectives. It is not about reviewing our previous programs or indices set by the budget. The work is underway to meet these goals; we should make that work more efficient and display a more principled approach. I am talking about setting new priorities under current conditions, necessitated by the external negative impulses. It’s been a difficult winter, difficult first of all from the social point of view. Reduced capabilities of...
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  01, 2011

  Speech of Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia, in the House of representatives of the Republic of Cyprus Your Excellency President Christofias, Distinguished Mr. Garoyian, Honourable Parliamentarians, Dear People of Cyprus, Thank you for receiving me in the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus. I am truly delighted and honored to speak before the Parliament of the traditionally friendly state and the brotherly people for Armenia and the Armenian nation. I am having warm feelings each time I speak of friendship between our two peoples. This friendship has ancient roots...
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  12, 2010

  Statement by President Serzh Sargsyan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Republican Party of Armenia Dear members of the Republican Party, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Today, we commemorate a momentous jubilee – the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Republican Party of Armenia. The creation of the Party in 1990 was an exceptional event in Armenia’s political life. At the time, the Party’s founding leader, a freedom fighter and a statesman Ashot Navasardian’s personality, as well as his political biography were unfamiliar to many. A party, which was being created in a...