Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, currently in Moscow on a working visit, participated in the annual gala night of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, also attended by the NKR President Bako Sahakyan, members of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, Armenian businessmen residing in Russia.

In his address, the President of Armenia, President of the Board of Trustees of the Fund spoke about the activities of the Fund, emphasizing that Hayastan All-Armenian Fund was one of those unique structures which being all-national in scope has been able for years to implement vital projects, and particularly to carry the mission of uniting people around an idea. According to the President, the Fund heightens our trust and confidence toward our own strength and, in a larger sense, toward our future.

“We have to thoroughly build and rebuild our home. The residents of that home must have military, legal and social protection. We must continue to get stronger, manifesting solidarity of ten million Armenians. There is no other way to manifest national dignity,” the President of Armenia said.

Serzh Sargsyan mentioned also the NK issue and spoke about maturing of Nagorno Karabakh as a state, about belligerent calls from the neighbouring country and our defence capabilities, noting that participants of the event often ask the President to address these questions.

”My message to you is very clear-cut: Nagorno Karabakh is a consummate state which is getting stronger day by day. Moreover, it’s a much more democratic state than neighbouring Azerbaijan. The negotiations over the peaceful resolution of the issue go on and the sooner Azerbaijan realizes that there is no alternative to the recognition of the NK’s right for self-determination, the sooner negotiations will conclude. As for our defence capabilities, it is obvious: we are strong, we are stronger than ever, and grow stronger day by day,” President Serzh Sargsyan stressed.