On Thursday RA defense minister Serj Sargsyan met with parents of soldiers in Lori region and answered to their questions. To a question whether the working places in the army structure would be cut off or not the minister said, “No. certainly our army is big compared to the population of our country and its shape.

On Thursday RA defense minister Serj Sargsyan met with parents of soldiers in Lori region and answered to their questions. To a question whether the working places in the army structure would be cut off or not the minister said, “No. certainly our army is big compared to the population of our country and its shape. However, we should have a big and strong army and can’t cut its capacity down as far as we are not secure fully.

“There is no Corruption in the Armenian National Army”
  Today Serge Sargsyan, the minister of defence and the head of the council of Armenian Republican Party, came to Vanadzor. During the meeting, which was held in the office of Lori Regional Council of the Armenian Republican Party, he discussed internal issues of the party.

To Mr. Serge Sargsyan,
Minister of Defence of RA

Dear Mr. Minister,

According to the 8.2 article of RA Constitution, to the principles defined in VII chapter of the RA National Security strategy, a group of non governmental organizations express their readiness to start events that are directed towards the implementation of civil control in RA Military Forces.

Private Eldaniz Nuriyev of the Azerbaijani army was taken hostage by the Armenian troops near Fizuli District on 31 December. The International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC] has already been informed of the incident, the state commission for hostages and missing people told ANS TV.

Participants of a round table took no heed of the Armenian saying, “When talking about the army, either say good things, or say nothing at all,” but instead started speaking openly about the problems connected with military service.

YEREVAN, 28 November, 2006 - Conscientious objectors, alternative military service and civil society oversight of the armed forces were the key topics of a discussion organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation Armenia.

The fires in the territories around Nagorno Karabakh have been caused by weather conditions, says the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. He says that the bigger scale of fires this year is due to very early heat. At the same time, Kasprzyk refrains from making conclusions.

According to Trend, the units of the Armenian armed forces, dislocated in 1km of north-east of Berkaber village of Ijevan District, fired the positions of the Azerbaijan National Army in Gizil Hajili village of Gazakh district at 18.30.