Serzh Sargsyan Quotes

• We hear warmongering every day, every day we hear threats and attempts to scare us. [...] We don't want war and never wanted, but at that time [i.e. during Nagorno-Karabakh war] we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly.

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  War, Blow, Scare

  President Serzh Sargsyan speaks after the military exercises, www.president.am. November 13, 2010.

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• Lasting and strong relations cannot be built on short-lived interests. A credible partnership is inconceivable without shared values and commitment to the same ideas.

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  Strong, Commitment, Ideas

  State dinner in honor of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita Sargsyan, www.president.am. January 18, 2011.

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• Armenia categorically rejects the resumption of military hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh as an option. In case Azerbaijan resorts to military aggression, Armenia will have no other choice but to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic de jure and to employ all its capabilities to ensure the security of the people of Artsakh.

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  Military, Azerbaijan, People

  Remarks by The President of the Republic of Armenia H.E. Serzh Sargsyan at the OSCE Meeting of the Heads of State or Government (Summit), www.president.am. December 02, 2010.

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• I deem we have still much to do and will of course strive for stabilizing the situation in the country and continuing reforms. I am confident in success. All we need at this point is public order.

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  Country, Order, Reform

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• Azerbaijan unleashed the war, and was defeated in that war; Azerbaijan asked for truce (including from the Commander of Karabakh's forces) and later started to sob about the dire repercussions of that war. As if wars ever bring pleasant repercussions. And on top of that, Azerbaijan adopted conceited stance and started to make demands as if anywhere in the world defeated aggressors are ever allowed to make demands.

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  War, Conceited, Azerbaijan

  Remarks by President Serzh Sargsyan at the meeting with journalists from Diaspora, October 16, 2010.

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• The world saw and understood that, when it comes to the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, they have to deal not just with Armenia with its three million population, but with the ten million Armenians. And let no one ignore the fact that, contrary to any slogans, the Armenian nation is united in its goals and is strong with its sons and daughters.

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  Daughter, Strong, Son

  Address of the President of Armenia to the people of the Republic of Armenia and to all Armenians, www.president.am. October 10, 2009.

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• Recognition of the Genocide is the triumph of human conscience and justice over intolerance and hatred.

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  Justice, Hatred, Triumph

  Serzh Sargsyan’s speech on 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, www.armradio.am. April 24, 2015.

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• Perfidy and brutal force thwarted opportunities for calling President Wilson's Arbitral Award to life. Nevertheless, its significance is not to be underestimated: through that decision the aspiration of the Armenian people for the lost Motherland had obtained vital and legal force.

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  Opportunity, Awards, People

  Serzh Sargsyan's address to the Conference dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of Woodrow Wilson's Arbitral Award, November 23, 2010.

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• It was measured that the splinters of the Armenian nation that had managed to miraculously escape the Genocide would not be able to recover from the blow, would disappear in the whirlpools on five continents, lose their national identity, and aptitude to be a political factor. But we, as a nation and as a state, were able to reappear at the international arena to affirm that we continue our eternal journey and that we are determined not to allow for such a crime to ever happen again.

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  Blow, Journey, Political

  President Serzh Sargsyan's Address on the Commemoration of the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, April 24, 2010.

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• Armenians, as a people that have survived the Genocide, have a moral duty towards mankind and history in the prevention of genocides. We have done and will continue to do our best to support the persistent implementation of the Genocide Convention. Genocide cannot concern only one people, because it is a crime against humanity.

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  People, Support, Humanity

  Speech by President Serzh Sargsyan in the Chatham House British Royal Institute of International Affairs, www.president.am. February 10, 2010.

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• Our goal is not to win the war, we have already done it. Our goal is to find a just solution, and we are unanimous on the ways to find it.

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  War, Winning, Goal

  President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the solemn event dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), December 18, 2010.

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• We have nothing to hide and it should be clear for the international community whose fault it was that the last closed European border was not open.

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  Community, Borders, Lasts

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• We are confident that the normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations can become the greatest input of the recent decades in achieving peace and stability in the South Caucasus. With this vision, we have agreed to move forward without any preconditions, not making our relations contingent upon Turkey's recognition of the Armenian Genocide. However, if, as many suspect, it is proven that Turkey's goal is to protract, rather than to normalize relations, we will have to discontinue the process.

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  Moving, Turkeys, Goal

  Speech by President Serzh Sargsyan in the Chatham House British Royal Institute of International Affairs, February 10, 2010.

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