YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Thursday issued a congratulatory message to Armenian women, on the occasion of Motherhood and Beauty Day, an official holiday in the country and devoted to women.

“This bright spring holiday is yet another opportunity to honor you,” the President’s message specifically reads. “The events that occurred in Artsakh [i.e. Nagorno-Karabakh] in recent days again stressed the loftiest and noblest virtues of our people. Thanks to our beloved mothers, and the brave who go to battle for their honor, we are steadfast and undefeated in time of ordeal.”