YEREVAN. – President Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday issued a congratulatory message to the Distinguished Art Worker of Armenia, author, and publicist Alvard Petrosyan, on the occasion of her 70th birth anniversary.

“Your dedication to humanism and truth is evident in your activities. Your stories about common people, simple men, and the country are a continuation and development of the rich traditions of our modern literature.

“You are an original face in the modern Armenian prose writing whose works are full of intellectual’s pain and concern as well as unbound love and trust towards the future of the country.

“Your pen as a publicist has always been sharp and actual, raising pressing social issues and inviting attention to the important problems, offering realistic solutions.

“I wish you good health and new creative success,” reads the congratulatory message by the President of Armenia.