Monday, January 23 2017 13:11

ArmInfo. Serzh Sargsyan, the President of Armenia, held a meeting with RPA 16th conference youth union participants. 

According to the information of Armenian President's office, at the  Tigran the Great Hall of Armenia Marriotte Hotel President Serzh  Sargsyan met with the participants of the RPA 16th Convention youth  gathering - nearly 300 members of the Party's youth organization. The  main goal of the gathering was to represent to the young people the  key messages which were voiced at the 16th Convention and to dicuss  them with the representatives of the young and elder generations of  the Party.

The gathering was conducted in several stages. At the first stage,  young people, who reached prominence in their own areas, presented  their experience, the personal story of success, as well as their  message to the young people. 

 At the second stage, there took place the area by area round table  discussions with senior officials - Head of Presidential  Administration Armen Gevorkian, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of  Economic Integration and Reforms Vache Gabrielian, Head of the  Government Staff-Minister David Harutyuniain, Minister of Defense  Vigen Sarkissian, Head of the National Assembly Staff-Secretary  General Hrair Tovmassian, Deputy Chairman of the RPA Armen Ashotian,  Deputy Chairman of the RPA, Head of the RPA Ideology Commission  Mushegh Lalayan.

 The young Republicans discussed with their senior colleagues issues  related to the economy, justice, security, finances, the internal  situation and international agenda and the avenues to solve them.   Highlighted were the seven messages addressed by the President of the  Armenia to the young politicians at the 16th Convention. 

 At the final stage, the participants met with President Serzh  Sargsyan. Briefly were presented the works conducted by the groups,  results of the discussions on which the President asked the  participants pertinent questions and responded to the inquiries made  by the participants. 

 The President saluted the participants of the meeting and in his  remarks thanked the organizers of the event for the interesting  discussions. He stressed the importance of such gatherings and  discussions on different issues, which, according to the President,  is one of the best ways to always feel the pulse of the society. 

 "I believe you're aware that I constantly meet with pleasure with  young people. Every year, there are at least five or six meetings  with different groups: I meet with the young people who excell in the  area of information technologies, Luys Foundation schoolarship  holders, drafted servicemen, high school gold medal graduates, young  scholars, athlets, during my visits to the higher education  establishments I meet with the faculty and students, and certainly I  meet with my Party young fellow members.

 I think this is a very proper approach, and one of the best ways to  feel the pulse of the society because the youngsters have a sharp  eye, they are emotional, spontaneous, questions they raise are  probably not very pleasant for some or are considered unimportant by  some people but I am confident these questions are at least are  questions of future agendas. 

 Thanks God, during these meetings I have seen many bright and  brilliant individuals. I see that young people are able to unite more  easily, to find common interests and try to solve the problems. This  is very important. 

 Individual game has always been one of the strongest attributes of  our people, our nation. In team games, we have been unsuccessful on  many occasions even though we have multiple examples to prove  otherwise - Ararat-73, fight on different battle fields, our national  chess team; nevertheless in team games we really fall behind. However  it is very important, and I see changes in this mentality, and you  should be the avantguard - we must to be able to come up as a united  force. 

 Literally yesterday in Dilijan I met with the soldiers  decommissioned in 2016. I say soldiers because they don't think that  they served their duty and that's it. They believe that their friends  are stil there, they believe our security, our national issues have  not be solved yet and they are ready to join their friends at any  moment. In their eyes I saw spirit, they possess vigor, they are  courageous and resolute. There is no doubt that we can with clear  conscience entrust our future to them. These are brilliant guys, and  what's very important they are ready with the same vigor to engage  into the resolution of the problems in the country's civil life too. 

 I am confident that all those present have the same vigor because  the brief summaries that were made have really inspired me. I see  seriousness, I see that this gathering is not a formal one, it's not  a gathering to show anyone anything. This is a gathering to find a  common idea, a gathering to find solutions for the problems, which  certainly inspires me. I would like to repeat once again that young  people have a very serious mission - to bring this approach, this  understanding to everyone. Young people have a keen eye, bright mind,  whatever they do, they do it first of all for themselves because the  future belongs to them. And with this regard the more efficient your  work is, the better for you. 

 Young people are very vocal in our society. They are entrusted with  many responsible jobs and duties.  Among them the Head of the  Presidential Staff Armen Gevorkian, Minister of Defense Vigen  Sarkissian, we have a young Mayor - Taron Margarian, a young Head of  the Natonal Security Service Georgi Kutoyan, a young Minister of  Justice Arpine Hovhannissian. These are areas which are critical for  our state and our people. We need to support them all, we need to  support each other because their success is our commone achievement,  our people's success. These examples will multiply in the future. 

 This year, we have entered the second 25-year period of our  statehood, our Republic. It must be multiple times more efficient  than the first twenty-five years were because there is every  prerequisite in place to do that. And with this regard, initiating  constitutional changes, we are aiming at raising the level of  efficient administration in our country. First two or three years  will be very important, will be vital. 

 I am glad that the RA Government headed by the prime minister has  undertaken structural reforms.  Without serious reformation, we will  not be able to create the environment which is required by our  people, which require we all and for which we are ready to do a lot.  Let us break down that "a lot" and see that without the active  participation of the young people, without their vigor, without their  courage, without knowledgable young people and honest people we will  not be able to achieve serious results. Thus, we have to work on  these directions, work hard, toil, and succeed. 

 We are small in numbers and need to be extremely attentive towards  each other, need to be respectful, tolerant. Our people will not be  harassed and will not be taken against each other. We need to be  united by a common idea rather than some personal interests or  political ambitions. 

 It is obvious that we all have personal lives; we all have friends,  parents, children... It is quite understandable, and I believe no  person is complete without a friend. But to make the life in your  milieu better, everyone's life should become better. We all have to  be interested in general prosperity. 

 I would like to conclude with the following wish: I want to once  again encourage you and express gratitude for your positon. You see,  the most important thing for the young person is to be vigorous and  to have a position. To live in a prosperous society, one needs to  have a political position," said President Serzh Sargsyan.