Monday, 28 March 2005
On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of late political figure and founder of the Republican Party of Armenia Mr. Ashot Navasardyan's birth, RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has paid a visit to Mr. Navasardyan's tomb at Yerhablour cemetery. Later today the Prime Minister attended a remembrance party held on same occasion in the concert hall after Arno Babajanyan. In his remarks delivered in memory of the founder of the RPA and his ideological companion, Mr. A. Margaryan said, in particular:
"Today each of us is passing in review over and over the still vivid and unforgettable memories of our Party comrade and ideological companion, outstanding stateman and, finally, a true Armenian. Those who knew Ashot well can testify that the memories of Ashot are quite easy to handle and cherish as any day of his life was noteworthy in itself with dedication and sincerety having been the motto of his life. The path followed by Ashot and his fellow-travellers was that of independece, and the chief idea behind his inspiration may be called the vision of the sovereign statehood. The ultimate goal that spearheaded all of Ashot's thoughts and deeds consisted in a free, independent and unified Armenia. The struggle initiated by Ashot and his friends as early as in the 60s of the last century was not at all finished by the reinstatement of independence. Just the other way round, it was the beginning of the road to building independent statehood that Ashot and his brothers-in-arms still had to cover step by step. Having passed most of his youth in the Soviet jails and camps, Ashot had the clear idea that, once recovered, independence would need follow-up protection and backing. This was the main reason behind Ashot's and his fellowship's initiative to found a military and political association referred to as the Army of Independence, which together with several other squads of freedom-fighters went a glorious and heroic way towards defending our national dignity and our legitimate right to live in our homeland. With the pen and the gun in either hand, Ashot got through the crossroads of the war.
The search for a sovereign nationhood caused individual efforts to be unified under a single organization with shared ideology and program of action. For, as our comrade used to say: "
