Vahagn Khachaturyan: Today, like 33 years ago, challenges facing our  state are not less

ArmInfo. Today, just like 33 years ago, the challenges facing our state remain significant.  However, the past decades have shown that any obstacle can be  overcome with unity, solidarity and determination. This is stated in  the message of RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan on the occasion of  the Republic's Independence Day.  

As the President noted, over the past three decades, the Republic of Armenia has overcome difficult  trials, sometimes with incredible efforts - the newly independent  state was forced to face challenges of war, economic crisis and  radical changes in the public administration system almost  simultaneously. , he  noted. As Khachaturyan pointed out that independence is not a just  pleasant idea or an end in itself, but an ongoing movement, a fight  to shape one's own fate and will, to independently determine the  structure and nature of one's homeland and state, the ultimate goal  of which is to became a free, responsible, constantly developing and  noble person and citizen.

Freedom is a state of mind that encompasses the well-being of both  the citizen and the state. It requires daily tireless work, care,  selflessness, the joy of victory and the pain of loss. It also  demands the highest level of awareness of responsibility.  I also  hope that for the sake of our present and future, for a safe,  dignified and prosperous future for our children and grandchildren,  for the Republic of Armenia, we are firm in our decision to have our  own place among the nations of the world. I am confident that the  Armenia of our dreams will be built through the collective efforts of  our citizens>, Khachaturyan's message says.