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MP Artur Vanetsyan, head of the opposition With Honor faction and Homeland Party, along with MP Tigran Abrahamyan from the same faction headed to border positions on the Army Day to study the security issues and support servicemen.

“The Army Day should be celebrated alongside soldiers. With Tigran Abrahamyan we will visit a number of positions to study the security issues, support soldiers and officers. Let's go,” he said, sharing a photo.

Armenia today celebrates the 30th anniversary of the creation of its armed forces.

Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian issued a congratulatory message on the Army Day celebrated on January 28. The message runs as follows:

"Dear compatriots,

Today is the Army Day. The Armenian Armed Forces are 30 years old.

Regardless of the situation, our Army has been and remains the guarantor and protector of our security and identity.

Let us remember with gratitude and bowing all those who fought for our Motherland, Armenia, and Artsakh, who sacrificed their lives for our independence and freedom.

I wish health to all the injured …

Together with all of you, I look forward to our captive compatriots. We must continue our efforts to return them home and quickly find the missing.

We must all be united with the Army, keep its back strong, strengthen it, and consolidate  around the army.

The army and education are the most important cornerstones of our statehood. The world is changing rapidly, and it depends on us how to use these changes for the well-being of our state and people.

For this, we must have educated citizens ready to defend our Homeland, organized, disciplined, technically equipped, technologically advanced and efficient Armed Forces, a competitive and developing economy, and, of course, a society that is ready to support the Army at all times.   

Dear servicemen,

Every one of you is the unique axis of the Army.

Our Homeland and we all look at you with hope and faith, respect, pride, and confidence; we will build new victories together.

Glory to the Armenian Army!"

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the formation of Armenia’s Armed Forces, third Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited the Sardarapat Heroic Battle Memorial, from where he sent a message.

Sargsyan paid tribute to Armenian heroes who fell in the Sardarapat Battle by laying a wreath at the Sardarapat Memorial, his office reported.

Earlier today, a wreath was also laid in the Yerablur Military Pantheon at the memorial wall which immortalizes the memory of those who made the greatest contribution towards building the Armenian army and those heroes who fell for the sake of freedom and homeland’s independence.

Serzh Sargsyan’s Army Day message is provided below.

"Today I am sending my Army Day-dated message from the Sardarapat Memorial, which symbolizes the victorious spirit of the Armenian soldier and the Armenian national dignity. Every symbol has its significance here – a venue, where the remains of the Sardarapat Battle heroes and Artsakh freedom-fighters lie, where the immortal souls of Armenian heroes continue to inspire strength, determination and unwavering faith to anyone ready to defend the homeland.

The embodiment of all those forces that view things in a sober light was formed here as a warning addressed to the enemy, but also as an awakening call addressed to our people, so that they never lost their vigilance and refused to be ruined through vain promises. This is a pledge for reinstating and re-evaluating Armenia’s independence that was lost for centuries in a fight-to-death struggle; this is a message for Armenia’s rebirth; this is a call for being ready to stand next to the Armenian soldier at crucial moments and for making it possible again what seemed to be impossible.

On the occasion of the anniversary of the Armenian army, which saw both glorious victories over the past three decades and a bitter defeat in the latest war under the command of treacherous and bashful leaders, I urge everyone to listen to the call of Sardarapat and live up to the memory of our heroes martyred for the sake of homeland.

I believe that the Armenian state will rise from its slumbers; I believe in the wisdom of the Armenian people and in our upcoming victories. I do believe because my comrades-in-arms and I listened to the call of Sardarapat as Shushi and Artsakh’s other settlements were being liberated some 30 years ago.

I believe that the Sardarapat Memorial’s bells will herald ever new victories forged by the glorious Armenian army, the 30-year-old child of our people.

Happy birthday, Armenian army!"

His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, accompanied by a number of representatives of the Armenian clergy, visited the Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan on Friday marking the 30th anniversary of the Armenian army.

"Today is the Army Day, the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian Armed Forces. We came here to offer prayers for the repose of souls of our brave sons," he told reporters.

According to Catholicos Karekin II, they ask the Lord to bless the life of the Armenian people for them to live in peace, security and prosperity.

"We have also prayed to God for the strengthening of the Armenian army, so that the latter would protect the peaceful, secure life of our country and people," he noted.

"Armenia" opposition bloc issued a statement on the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian Armed Forces. "The Armenian Army marks the 30th anniversary of its formation. Its formation was the call of the times: the Army was formed and matured to defend the newly gained independence and statehood, ensuring its security and recording victories," the message said. 

According to it, over the past 3 years the Army has enjoyed the love and respect of all Armenians, strengthening our collective spirit through decency and pride. 

"Being the inseparable part of our independent statehood, the Armenian Army is going through many trials, face severe challenges. It is impossible to straighten the hurt back of our state without organised and combat ready army. We believe we are capable to revive the spirit and combat readiness of the army, bring decent peace to our homeland, keep our border indestructible. We are indebted to our heroic soldiers who fell on this land, Armenian mothers and accountable to future generations. We should join national efforts of empowering the Armenian statehood with will and decisiveness," the message said.