What did independence give to us? The leader of the National Self-Determination Union Paruyr Hayrikyan replied to this question saying that it is the most important thing for the nation. And what the Declaration gave to us, according to him, it changed the mentality of the people within the government towards the ideology of independence.
Months before that the high-ranked officials, for example, Levon Ter-Petrossian was telling in France that they were against the independence but if the people wanted he would comply with it: “Armenian nation was the most prepared one to the independence among all Soviet nations, it should not be linked with genetic peculiarities, as compared to all other peoples, Armenian nation succeeded in acquiring stable independent organization due to consistent struggle.”
As stated by Mr. Hayrikyan, the authorities are afraid of talking about independence, inasmuch as it will appear that they accept that the greatest adversary of the Armenian nation is the Russian Federation, for we became independent from whom? From Russia.
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
