Govt proposes to withdraw Frontier Def. CentCom from frontier troops

[Tatoyan Vazgen]

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 30 2006

ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO WITHDRAW CENTRAL DEPARTMENT FOR
FRONTIER DEFENSE FROM FRONTIER TROOPS

YEREVAN, June 30. /ARKA/. The Armenian Government proposes to
withdraw the Central Department for Frontier Defense from the
frontier troops. The press service and public relations department of
the Armenian government reported that the government approved during
yesterday's sitting the relevant draft amendments to the law "On
Frontier Troops" providing for the abovementioned withdrawal.
The government explains that the current frontier troop's
headquarters effectively performs the functions of the abovementioned
department.
The amendments also specify the authority of the Commander-in-Chief
of the frontier troops, related particularly to allocation and
demobilization of servicemen.
Besides this, the approved amendments to the law "On Frontier" are
supposed to apply these changes only along the frontier line, not in
the entire frontier zone. The need in these amendments is accounted
for by the territorial peculiarities of Armenia, particularly the
location towns and settlements in the frontier zone.
Both of the draft laws will be submitted to the parliament for
consideration. R.O. -0--