PM Serge Sargsyan’s congratulation on New Year’s Day
armradio.am
31.12.2007 20:26
Dear Compatriots,
For the past several years, as I was the Minister of Defense, I used to
visit our soldiers on duty at frontier posts on the 31st day of each
December in order to thank them for service and extend New Year’s
congratulations. Now, this has become a tradition to me.
Another good tradition is the New Year’s address to the nation by the
head of government. Today, I have decided to join these two traditions
and extend my Season’s greetings from the frontier where night and day
Armenian soldiers do watch over our peace and where Homeland starts and
finishes.
The year 2007 is going away. It entered into our history as a period of
peace, development and strengthened democracy. We can today push ahead
with confidence and think of new programs aiming the future. Our
citizens shall be the focus of these programs. We are striving to
ensure that economic growth affects the well-being of each of them,
there is less poverty, our life is not limited to everyday problems and
all our children are happy.
We managed to keep up the pace of development throughout the year.
Today we have a clearer and more optimistic vision of our country’s
future day. I am proud that together we are opening up this new chapter
of independence, development and progress in our history: our statehood
is being increasingly strengthened thanks to our combined efforts and
we are moving ahead as a State and a society on the way to maturity.
Indeed, success raises enthusiasm. Nevertheless, I assure you that I am
well aware of the problems facing our country and our citizens ` far
more aware than expected. And you may rest assured that none of these
problems seems to be unsolvable.
Dear Compatriots,
New Year has some meaning for all of us. New Year is a holiday of
dream. At this point, we are unanimous and united by a single goal:
each of us wishes the New Year to bring peace and prosperity to us. I
wish that the New Year’s joy and happiness prevailed in our homes all
the way through the coming year. We are a large family called Armenia.
New Year is another opportunity to think of new programs, and we are
determined to do everything to ensure that our people have merited
employment, young people are given high-quality education, our citizens
are in good health and the elderly feel the State’s permanent support.
In the year ahead, we will continue moving forward closer to the
Armenia of our dreams, to the Armenia of ever new achievements. So,
onward to new Armenia! May this year bring us accomplishment of dreams!
May all of us be blessed with robust health and much success!
Be happy!
A Happy New Year and a Merry Christmas!
From: Baghdasarian