Monday, September 21 2020 12:13

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated the Armenian people on the Independence Day.

According to the government's press service, Pashinyan's message  reads, in particular:  "Dear people, proud citizens of the Republic  of Armenia, proud citizens of the Republic of Artsakh, proud  Armenians of the Diaspora!

I congratulate all of us on the occasion of the Independence Day of  Armenia.

With a referendum held 29 years ago on this day, our people  unanimously consolidated the independence of Armenia. The referendum  on September 21, 1991 is one of the most important events in the  history of our people, which was initiated back in 1988 by the  Artsakh movement.

The results of the referendum proclaimed to the whole world the  freedom-loving will of the Armenian people to have an independent and  democratic state.

Over the past 29 years, we have faced numerous trials together: war,  socio-economic difficulties, emigration, rigged elections, October  27, political repression, March 1, crisis situations and despair.   However, all these difficulties could not crush the Armenian people.  The nonviolent, velvet, people's revolution of 2018 became an  eloquent expression of state optimism, civic determination, which  proved that the will of the Armenian people to have a sovereign,  free, powerful and happy state is stronger than ever.

Today I will publish the strategy for the transformation of Armenia  until 2050, which is not an ossified document. This is our idea of  Armenia in 2050 and the goals, as well as a mechanism for achieving  these goals through discussion, clarification, decision-making and  monitoring the progress of their implementation.

I am sure that in this way we are entering a new stage in our state  life, when the state is governed by strategic logic, when every  decision made today has strategic goals not only for the current one,  but also for 10, 20, 30 years ahead.

It is a mechanism that should make discussions about the future,  planning and building the future an integral part of our daily work.

In 1991, we did not know what Armenia in 2020 would be like, and for  numerous objective and subjective reasons, we did not give time to  formulate our vision of today and make their implementation a daily  matter. But time is relentlessly confronting us with this task. We  cannot wait for 2050 or 2100 to find out what Armenia will be like,  we must plan, design our future today and in accordance with this,  out of the many and varied issues of the day, we must give priority  to those who connect us with Armenia in 2050, 2100 .

The citizens of the Republic of Armenia, celebrating the 100th  anniversary of independence, should see that we thought not only  about ourselves, but also about them, should feel our love and  responsibility for the future of Armenia, that is, for our present.

I am sure we have sufficient will, skill, unity and wisdom to fill  our daily agenda with such work and to provide unshakable  institutional conditions for Armenia and the Armenian people. This is  the key mission of our generation, and we will fulfill this mission  together

Long live freedom, Long live the Republic of Armenia, Long live we  and our children who live and will live in a free and happy Armenia