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  09, 2012

  Remarks by President Serzh Sargsyan at the ceremony of bestowing the Victor Hambardzumian International Award   “Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Awardees and Guests, I am happy to be present for the second time at the ceremony of bestowing the Victor Hambardzumian International Award. This award, which was established for the achievements in the area of astronomy, astrophysics and related sciences, is called upon to immortalize the name of our outstanding scientist and for bringing together scientists who represent different countries and different people. Victor Hambardzumian was...
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  09, 2012

  Opening remarks by President Serzh Sargsyan at the meeting invited at the Government of Armenia Meeting in this format has been initiated by me, and I intend to conduct such meetings regularly. Our problems, internal and external challenges we face demand a more coordinated work of all branches of power: through regular meetings we will ensure that all agencies, along with the resolution of their daily issues, also take active part in the pan-national initiatives and steps which call for general efforts. The reason for today’s meeting is the discussion of the results of the...
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  09, 2012

  Congratulatory remarks by President Serzh Sargsyan at the reception organized in honor of the Armenian Chess Team – three time Olympian Champions   Dear Compatriots, Ladies and Gentlemen, I once again cordially congratulate the members of the Armenian Chess Team, trainers and our entire nation on winning for the third time the champion title at the World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Very few countries have been able to register success like this one in the history of the Chess Olympiads, and that fact fills our hearts with pride. To be more precise, only teams of the Soviet Union, Russia and Armenia won the...
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  09, 2012

  President Sargsyan’s remarks at the meeting with the OSCE Ambassadors Distinguished Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad to greet you in the Presidential Palace and welcome you to Armenia. OSCE is a very important organization for Armenia not only because this Organization has in its framework several institutions – the Minsk Group, the High-level Planning Group, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office’s Personal Representative – all of them dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh problem, but also because the OSCE principles and the...
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  08, 2012

  Remarks by the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the Meeting with the Heads of Diplomatic Missions Accredited in the Republic of Armenia   Distinguished Ambassadors: Unfortunately today we invited you to the President’s Office on an extraordinary occasion. As you should know, an officer of the Azeri military who had killed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, was transferred to Azerbaijan. The President of Azerbaijan – and we have been warning about it – has immediately granted pardon to him. This has happened because the Government of Hungary, a member State of the European Union and NATO,...
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  08, 2012

  Opening remarks by the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the meeting of the RA National Security Council You already know what has happened: the brigand, who murdered Gurgen Margarian, was returned by the Hungarian authorities to Azerbaijan and President Aliev granted pardon to that murderer. We clearly will not tolerate that and have to decide on our future steps. First, it was explicit and has already been done – the RA Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff have ordered special alert. It is a necessary condition. Second, Gorik Gurgenovich, (Head of the RA National Security...