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    Armenian defence minister, OSCE envoy discuss cooperation

    Noyan Tapan news agency
    21 Dec 04

    Yerevan, 20 December: The head of the OSCE mission in Yerevan,
    Vladimir Pryakhin, told Armenian Defence Minister Serzh Sarkisyan
    on 20 December about the successful completion of the first stage of
    work under the agreement signed on 11 June [2004] between the OSCE's
    Yerevan office and the Armenian Defence Ministry (on monitoring the
    situation in the army and on effective cooperation between the OSCE
    and the Armenian Defence Ministry).

    "We are satisfied with the results of the first stage and the
    assistance provided by the Armenian Defence Ministry's appropriate
    bodies," Pryakhin said.

    The sides also touched on the issue of adopting the law "On alternative
    ministry service" and the call-up of the first group (20 conscripts
    will have alternative labour service and one will have alternative
    military service). [as published]

    The Armenian Defence Ministry's press secretary told Noyan Tapan news
    agency that Pryakhin had also submitted the results of an opinion
    poll on the military service conducted in an army unit jointly with
    the public organization Mother of Soldier. He said that work done
    yielded had produced the desired results and the organization could
    now freely talk to servicemen, elucidate their problems and bring
    them to the notice of the Armenian defence minister.

    In turn, Sarkisyan said that not only this organization, but also
    about nine public organizations which are cooperating with the
    Defence Ministry and specific problems might be resolved thanks to
    their active mediation effort.

    [Passage omitted: cultural organizations also cooperating with the
    ministry]

    Touching on the Karabakh problem, ambassador Pryakhin said that he
    still cannot find any significant textbooks on the history of Nagornyy
    Karabakh in the recent period and would love to find one. The defence
    minister said that such books are necessary for the military and
    patriotic upbringing of the younger generation and Armenian writers
    have an obligation in that sense.

    [Passage omitted: sides discussing development programme in Armenia's
    Syunik District and hope for more cooperation]
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