Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s congratulatory message on the 34th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Armenia
Dear people, dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia,
Today we celebrate the 34th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Armenia.
On September 21, 1991, the following question was put to a referendum: “Do you agree that the Republic of Armenia should be an independent democratic state outside the USSR?” and 94 percent of the voters answered “yes,” thus founding the Third Republic of Armenia.
What were the citizens who participated in the referendum and said “yes” to independence dreaming about at the time of their vote? There are no such statistics, but surely, our compatriots were guided by the natural desire to build a free, peaceful, prosperous, and happy state.
Unfortunately, the life of the Third Republic did not turn out as planned: the blockade, war, economic decline, and emigration did not allow the dream of an independence referendum to become a reality. However, even in the most difficult and tragic days that the Third Republic has experienced, that dream, although it may have faded, has never left the eyes, minds, and souls of our citizens.
With the peace established on August 8, 2025, that dream has once again filled the Republic of Armenia, and it is our duty first to cherish it and then make it a reality.
Having gone through suffering and sacrifice, today, here we are, we have reached this point, and this is what the agenda for the establishment of the Fourth Republic is about, about never missing the opportunity to fulfill the dream again.
An independent, sovereign, democratic, peaceful, protected, developed, free, and happy Armenia, like a newborn child, awaits our care and attention. And we, all of us, beloved people, beloved citizens of the Republic of Armenia, must act as fathers and mothers to it. We must be fathers and mothers to ourselves, understanding that in the first quarter of the 21st century, the wheel of our destiny is truly in our hands, and we must never let it slip away.
Dear people, dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia, I would like to extend my congratulations to all of us on the occasion of the Republic of Armenia’s Independence Day.
Glory to the martyrs and long live the Republic of Armenia.
