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YEREVAN. – The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, on Thursday issued a message of congratulations on the 56th birth anniversary of the late military commander and politician Vazgen Sargsyan, and on the inaugural ceremony for the members of the Young Yerkrapahs’ (Defenders of the Land) Club.

“The Yerkrapah Volunteer Union was the birth of the volunteer movement that began in Artsakh [i.e. Nagorno-Karabakh], Armenia, and throughout the world where there was an Armenian. This was the response of the Armenians to the war imposed upon us, and the end result of the absence of a regular [Armenian] army [at the time].

“Today is the birthday of Vazgen Sargsyan. I wish that, with your diligence, devotion and posture, you will be worthy of the memory and messages of Vazgen Sargsyan,” the President’s message specifically runs.

Statesman, political figure, National Hero of Armenia, Hero of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), late PM, Supreme Commander Vazgen Sargsyan would have turned 56 on Thursday, March 5, 2015.

Sargsyan was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defense Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He also served as Prime Minister from June 11, 1999 until his assassination at the parliament shooting on October 27 of that year.

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