President: This is also a day of stubborn passion of life

President Serzh Sargsyan has issued an address on the 97th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.

The full text of the address is provided below:

Dear Compatriots,

Today we, just as many, many others all over the world, bow to the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. Today, we ascend silently the Tsitsernakaberd hill because the unspeakable had happened. And we engraved nothing on the walls of the Memorial, because there are no words that can express what we are going through.

Beloved Armenian nation,

In the millennia-old scroll of our history, we have gathered and accrued pages which uncover our past and open up our future, which reveal the integrity of our national identity and our uniqueness. Unfortunately, these pages are not about victories and triumphs only.  Read more... (2065 words, 13 images)

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