YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS. Parliament Speaker of Armenia Galust Sahakyan issued a congratulatory message on the occasion of International Children’s Day.

The message reads:

“Dear children and parents, I congratulate all of you on the occasion of the International Children’s Day.

The role and significance of children for the state is the same as for every family. To not value this role and importance, to not contribute to the development will mean being idle for the progress of the country. The state’s goal is the peaceful and safe childhood of all children, the bright future, and prosperity of all citizens.

With the birth of a child the foundation of every household becomes even stronger, the future becomes more visible, and love becomes even more present in the families. The same applies to the state, when each birth means the increase of potential for the state, one more guarantee for the strengths of its foundation, one more solid rock on its rising wall, one more defender of its peace, and one more supporter for that defender.

As each and every one of us is the state, and the state is our all’s, the fate of each child born in our country, his present and future should concern us all: both state structures and citizens, the protections of rights of every child, accompanying and guiding them and providing opportunities should be the duty of each and every one of us.

And all of this should be accompanied by love and warmth, because every child is the future of our country, and a motherland without love and warmth is not a motherland.

Once again I congratulate the International Children’s Day, and I extend my best wishes to all children of Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and the Diaspora. Let peace and success be the inseparable companions of their destinies.