Armenian president extended congratulations on Victory Day
11.05.2015,
11:31
In an address on Saturday Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan extended congratulations to the Armenians on the Victory and Peace Day on Saturday, the presidential press office reported.
YEREVAN, May 11. /ARKA/. In an address on Saturday Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan extended congratulations to the Armenians on the Victory and Peace Day on Saturday, the presidential press office reported.
“Today is a special jubilee day. It marks the 70th anniversary of the historic victory in the Great Patriotic War. It was the crushing blow of the multinational Soviet army that decided the outcome of the war in Europe in May 1945,” Sargsyan said.
Armenians had their contribution to the victory, fighting on the frontline, in guerilla attachments and in the resistance movement, Sargsyan said.
The victory in WWII opened real and broad opportunities for the Armenian people who had survived the genocide, for peaceful work and revival, the president said in his address.
“By a symbolic coincidence on the same day in May 1992 the ancient Armenian fortress town of Sushi was liberated. Following the example of their fathers and grandfathers, our modern-day heroes repeated their ancestors’ feat, fighting in the same trench of justice, freedom and humanism against Armenophobia, violence and vandalism".
“I once again congratulate all of us on this great holiday. Peace to the world and peace to our country!”
