Monday, 31 December 2007
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan's Congratulatory Message on New Year's Day and Christmas
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
