Respected participants of the conference,
I welcome and heartily congratulate all of you on the commencement of the first Pan-Armenian conference of lawyers. This very event organized by the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia will play its role in the evolution of the Armenian legal thought.
The legal sphere is one of the key components of the development and strengthening the independent Armenian statehood. It touches upon both domestic and foreign political issues.
Within this context a vast field for carrying out research and investigations of different legal aspects of the Artsakh is open to the scientific potential of the entire Armenian nation. This will allow us to further strengthen our arguments and approaches in the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement process.
The development and strengthening of the independent Armenian statehood is directly related to continuous cementing and enrooting of civic society and democratic values. In this process your role, the role of lawyers is of great importance too. Activities in this field demand high professionalism, adherence to principle, honesty and, of course, hard work.
Close cooperation within the entire Armenian nation, between the Republic of Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora is of special importance. The existence of the powerful Armenian Diaspora provides an opportunity to address more effectively the problems we face by studying and applying the experience of other states.
From this perspective the Pan-Armenian conference of lawyers organized at a high representative level with the participation of state bodies, scientific and political circles of different strata of the Armenian people gain a unique importance.
I am confident the conference will fulfill issues put on its agenda successfully and will contribute to the enlargement and deepening of practical ties in legal sphere.
I wish conference effective work. I wish success to all the participants in the name of further strengthening of the Armenian statehood and realization of the dreams of our people.
September 19, 2009.
2009-09-19
