Armenian President: We are used to overcoming difficulties, and today  we need to do it jointly

ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian congratulated the residents of the country on May 1. This was reported by the press service of the president.  According to the source, the president's congratulatory message, in particular, reads:  <Today is Labor Day.

This year it is held in a state of emergency,  for some - medical workers, taxi drivers and ambulances, police and  rescue workers, their other colleagues - even in continuous labor  mode. First of all, I want to congratulate and express my gratitude  to the people of these professions, especially doctors and medical  workers, for whom the hospital has become both a home and family  these days. They deserve the highest praise, including also a special  attitude and awards from the state. 

I am also grateful to those people who work with more than usual load  these days without complaining. They realize that their every  additional effort can at least save one life, create bread for one  family, help protect the safety of citizens and the country>, the  president emphasized.  Sarkissian noted that due to the coronavirus,  some of the residents of Armenia temporarily stopped work, some lost  their jobs - their only source of livelihood.

<I understand the condition of your families and share your concern.  I understand what it means to be unemployed in this situation. I know  that at this moment many of you are looking for a life buoy. There is  the need for state assistance, there is also the need for holding  hands tightly with each other, because without helping each other, we  will not be able to move forward, especially in an emergency. It  doesn't matter where you are at the moment in connection with an  emergency: at home in isolation or at the construction site, in front  of the operating table, or continue to work on scientific work, are  in the service or are waiting for a call from the employer.  Today,   even in the most developed and richest countries, serious social  problems have arisen.  We are also in a difficult position. On the  one hand - a pandemic with its consequences, on the other - economic  and financial problems, and next to them are social, human problems.  In all cases, the state, first of all, and we all have a lot to do.    The way out of the situation lies in the state-employer-employee  triangle, and this triangle must be a strong integral whole. However,  the decisions above all are responsibility, discipline, vigilance,  and also concern for the working person, so that we can overcome the  pandemic as soon as possible and return to normal life, "he said.  In  conclusion, the president emphasized that today all citizens of the  country should be together and jointly overcome difficulties.