ARKA News Agency
Oct 7 2005
ARMENIA'S DEFENSE CONCEPT TO BE APPROVED IN 2007
YEREVAN, October 7. /ARKA/. Armenia's defense concept is to be
approved in 2007, RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan stated at the
Rose-Roth seminar, NATO Parliamentary Assembly. According to him, the
concept will be in harmony with the strategy of national security and
will be made public. "It will also be submitted to the RA National
Assembly, which will ensure the basis for short- and long-term
defense-military planning," the Minister said. Sargsyan said that the
defense concept illustrates the role and mission of the armed troops
and will serve as a fundamental document for efforts towards reforms.
"It will ensure a single strategic direction for armed forces and
other government officials responsible for national defense,"
Sargsyan said. He added that the dissemination of defense doctrine
will give an impetus to public discussions of defense problems and
ensure assistance in satisfying military needs stipulated by the
document. "The defense strategy will also have a paramount importance
for reforms and modernization or the RA armed forces," Sargsyan said.
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Oct 7 2005
ARMENIA'S DEFENSE CONCEPT TO BE APPROVED IN 2007
YEREVAN, October 7. /ARKA/. Armenia's defense concept is to be
approved in 2007, RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan stated at the
Rose-Roth seminar, NATO Parliamentary Assembly. According to him, the
concept will be in harmony with the strategy of national security and
will be made public. "It will also be submitted to the RA National
Assembly, which will ensure the basis for short- and long-term
defense-military planning," the Minister said. Sargsyan said that the
defense concept illustrates the role and mission of the armed troops
and will serve as a fundamental document for efforts towards reforms.
"It will ensure a single strategic direction for armed forces and
other government officials responsible for national defense,"
Sargsyan said. He added that the dissemination of defense doctrine
will give an impetus to public discussions of defense problems and
ensure assistance in satisfying military needs stipulated by the
document. "The defense strategy will also have a paramount importance
for reforms and modernization or the RA armed forces," Sargsyan said.
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