"Margaryan will be remembered as a conciliator"
Two years ago, on March 25, Armenians bid last farewell to the country's Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan.
Today Serzh Sargsyan visited Komitas Pantheon accompanied by Armenian top officials. Thousands of citizens also paid tribute to the memory of the late Prime Minister.
"One cannot live a long or short life; one can lead a full or empty life. Andranik Margaryan lived a short, but a full life,"
Navasard Archbishop Kchoyan, vicar of the Araratyan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, said today after a memorial service.
Before the arrival of the top brass, Margaryan's relatives, friends and acquaintances laid wreaths to his tomb.
"Andranik Margaryan was fully devoted to his nation and to his Motherland. He was a man of unyielding willpower who settled all tasks set before him. He never preferred his personal interests to state ones," says HHK board member Gagik Minasyan.
I am assured that Andranik Margaryan's absence will be felt for ever. As a political figure of high virtue Andranik Margaryan is unmatched. Taking various top positions he was able to meet all his commitments with dignity. Great was his patriotism and moral posture. Andranik Margaryan serves as a good model for our future generations," adds Gagik Minasyan.
"Andranik Margaryan had a constructive role in Armenia's political scene. He managed to take upon himself the task of bringing the public life into a new and stable stage; Andranik Margaryan was a unique conciliator between the authorities and the opposition. He could neutralise the potential of public polarisation and antagonism," noted HHK member Armen Ashotyan.
Vazgen Sargsyan's brother, Armen Sargsyan had also come to pay homage to the memory of Ex-Prime Minister's memory.
"I have come to condole with Margaryan's family. Surely, we all feel Margaryan's absence. Andranik Margaryan was a wonderful person, a wonderful prime minister.He was a brilliant man in the direct sense of the word. He will always be remembered as a dove of peace equally respected by the authorities and opposition," said Armen Sargsyan.
