Armenia`s premier addresses congratulatory message on 32nd  anniversary of Declaration of Independence of Armenia

ArmInfo. Below is Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's congratulatory message on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of  Armenia:

Dear people,

Dear compatriots,

Today is the 32nd anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of  Independence of the Republic of Armenia. The Declaration adopted by  the Supreme Council on August 23, 1990 states that the Armenian  Soviet Socialist Republic is launching the process of establishing an  independent state.

That process de jure culminated with the independence referendum on  September 21, 1991 and the recognition of the Republic of Armenia by  the international community.

De facto, that process has not ended until today, not because we  don't have independence, but because independence is like health,  which even if you have it, you have to take care of it every day.

The Government is fighting for the independence of the Republic of  Armenia every day. Independence is security for us, the international  structures that provide it are cracking in front of all of us, and  one of the first cracks was unfortunately expressed in  Nagorno-Karabakh.

Independence is regulated relations with neighbours. Although we have  excellent relations with some of our neighbors, there is no  significant progress in our relations with others, because they  demand too much from us, or they think that we are demanding too much  from them.

Independence is strong allied relations for us, but allies are not  always allies of you, but of those who ally against you.

Independence is confrontation, and for the sake of our independence  and statehood, we must have the will to confront ourselves, our  history and worldview. Independence is a mindset, a state-centric  mindset, and the absence of this squanders sovereignty, security, the  future.

Independence is freedom, and in our opinion, the people created an  independent state to feel free and safe there. Independence is  education, and as long as every child living in the most remote  village does not have the same access to education as it is in the  center of the capital, we must yearn for our future.

Independence is legal system, rule of law. respecting the law and not  circumventing it should be a sign of superiority.

Independence is work, the kind of work that should create and not  waste and spoil.

Independence is similar to the biblical Parable of the Ten Minas, the  meaning of which is the following:  For whoever has will be given  more. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from  them.

And therefore, let's have Independence, we will have Independence.

I congratulate everyone on the occasion of August 23.