Pashinyan laid a wreath at the memorial complex commemorating the heroes of the Sardarapat battle

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan along with President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan and the top leadership of the Republic of Armenia visited the Sardarapat Heroic Battle Memorial on the occasion of the Republic Day. , honorable representatives of the executive and judiciary, Gentlemen, generals and officers, servicemen, Dear attendees, Dear people, I congratulate all of you on the occasion of May 28, the Republic Day. This is a holiday that symbolizes the 400-year dream of our people - the creation of statehood in execution. This is a holiday that symbolizes the de jure right of the Armenian people, the popular masses, to decide their own destiny, the circumstance of being the highest authority in their own country, which was given to them for the first time during our thousand-year history. On May 28, 1918, we had the Republic of Armenia for the first time. named state. However, that state, no matter how dreamed, did not have a long life. just two years. And one of the reasons for this was perhaps that when we say the dream of the Armenian people, we often mean the dreams of groups that consider themselves elite, when we say the power of the people, we often mean the power of groups that consider themselves elite. And sometimes, even often, the people are assigned the role of a controlled and dictated mass, the role of an obedient subject. But the Republic is about the people, the Republic is the state association that is created from below, by the individual becoming a citizen, a peasant, a worker, becoming a government equal to all. by road. And the Republic should be built in accordance with the dreams and ideas of the people, the individual, the citizen, and not the elite, isolated groups, so that the people do not find themselves in Armenia, but dream of living in another place, in another country, as has happened in our country for many years. with the republics. Our task, according to that, is to make our Republic conform to the dreams of our people, not to the wishes, not to the fabricated text dictated by isolated groups who consider themselves elite, but to conform to the needs and goals of citizens, real people, real people. what does a person want, what does a citizen want? Man wants to live and not suffer, man wants to enjoy life and not beg, man wants to love and be loved, man wants to be free, prosperous, cheerful and happy, man wants to live in a peaceful, fair and dignified environment. And this goal should be served by the state, the Republic of Armenia, which is the state of man and should serve man. But this is a goal that is not easily given. It goes through thorns and pitfalls, hard and difficult decisions, disappointments and misunderstandings. But it is a straight road, and we cross that road, and we will reach our Promised Land, our Promised Republic. Long live the people of Armenia, Long live the citizen of the Republic of Armenia, Long live the government of the people. Glory to the martyrs who fell or for the sake of death, but for the sake of life? And the people's state, the Republic of Armenia, will live free, just, prosperous, peaceful and happy. Long live the Republic of Armenia." Next, the national anthem of the Republic of Armenia was played and a festive march took place. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan laid a wreath at the memorial complex commemorating the heroes of the Sardarapat battle and pay tribute to their memory.