The major achievement of independent Armenia is the acquisition of its statehood, an expert said.

“Also, one of the major achievements of independent Armenia is Karabakh’s independence and formation of the Armenian army, consisting of Armenia’s armed forces and NKR defense army,” Sergey Minasyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Among the failures of independence, Minasyan lists the emigration flow from the country, downfall of social-economic welfare. According to the expert, it is the price for independence.

As to the activity of Armenia’s three presidents, Levon Ter-Petrossian, Robert Kocharian and Serzh Sargsyan, the expert noted that they all adequately reacted to the existing reality.

“On the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, I wish the Armenian people to be patient, with the existing problems requiring time to be settled,” Minasyan stated.