YEREVAN, 28 MAY, ARMENPRESS. May 28^th is one of the most brilliant days in the history of the Armenian people. It serves as the glorious example of our nation’s heroic defense of the right to live and the brilliant start of the reinstatement of Armenian statehood. This is what President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan declared as he delivered his address on the occasion of the First Republic of Armenia at the Sardarapat Memorial Complex.

“The victories that the Armenians scored in Sardarapat, Bash-Aparan and Gharakilisa in May helped save the last pieces of land of Eastern Armenia and the Armenians living on those lands. It was clear to everyone that the Armenians of Eastern Armenia would have the same fate as the Armenians of Western Armenia. This year, on the occasion of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, there have been and there will be several events in Armenia and in the Armenian Diaspora. Today, it is our duty to state that we Armenian workers, builders, soldiers, politicians, teachers and clergymen stopped the annihilation of the Armenians. We stopped it with the heroic battles in May and the establishment of Armenian statehood,” the President of the Republic of Armenia mentioned, as “Armenpress” reports.