Dear Compatriots, Today is April 24 - the Armenian Genocide Victims Remembrance Day - when all Armenians in Homeland, Artsakh and the Diaspora bow their heads to the memory of innocent victims of the First Genocide of the 20th century. What happened in the Ottoman Empire was a great tragedy not only for those who survived the Genocide, but also for all segments of the Armenian people. The Genocide changed the fate of our people and made us suffer many trials and tribulations in the...
Distinguished National Assembly Speaker, Dear Members of Parliament. Thank you. I am thankful to my colleagues from the Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation for nominating me for the position of Prime Minister and defending my candidacy before the National Assembly. We, as a political coalition, have made a serious commitment. We realize its implications, and stand ready to make consistent efforts in order to develop the country and provide better...
Distinguished National Assembly Speaker, Dear Members of Parliament. I am grateful for the positions, inspirational and critical remarks voiced in this hall. I concur with many views expressed during the previous period and today as well. I mean both the critical and supportive remarks. Nevertheless, I will not agree with most of them. For instance, my party colleagues used such words that might be more modest, while there were a few obviously biased, at least unfair statements in the...
Honorable President of the National Assembly, Dear Members of Parliament, First of all, I am grateful to the Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation for nominating and defending my candidacy for the office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. Thank you for the comprehensive and useful debate we went through together over the past few months. Dear Members of Parliament, Two and a half years ago, this very hall faced a heated debate as we...
