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    Emil Lazarian
  • 5 years ago
    • Categories: 2021

President Sarkissian calls for tolerance and solidarity

 10:15, 1 March, 2021

YEREVAN, MARCH 1, ARMENPRESS. President Armen Sarkissian paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the 2008 March 1 unrest. His office said that he sent flowers to the Myasnikyan statue in downtown Yerevan as a tribute.

“The events of 2008 March 1, as a result of which we had innocent victims, are painful for us all,” Sarkissian said in a message.

“Political struggle should not go beyond the framework of lawfulness, should not lead to turmoil and instability, disagreements should not transform into intolerance and an atmosphere of mutual hatred, moreover it should not lead to confrontation and division. I am once again calling everyone to tolerance and solidarity. We are in need of unity and solidarity. Especially today unity and tolerance are vital for our state and nation,” the President said.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS