YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, ARMENPRESS. Parliament Speaker of Armenia Galust Sahakyan, Deputy Speaker Hermine Naghdalyan and MPs attended the ceremony dedicated to the 26th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Armenia on August 23, press service of the Parliament informed “Armenpress”.

Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan delivered a speech.

He once again stressed the importance of the independent statehood, the achievements of independent Armenia over the past decades and said it is all Armenians’ duty to contribute to the country’s progress and development as much as possible.

Every year state-political, as well as public figures gather across the memorial located in Melik Adamyan street.

The memorial is an evidence that the Declaration of Independence of Armenia has been adopted by the Armenian SSR Supreme Council in 1990.