ARMENIAN GENERAL URGES GOOD ARMS MAINTENANCE
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
13 May 06
[Presenter] The Armenian Defence Ministry held a session on 13 May.
The session discussed military hardware used by the armed forces.
[Correspondent over video of session] Armenian Deputy Defence Minister,
Lt-Gen Yuriy Khachaturov spoke about the military hardware used by the
Armenian armed forces, its maintenance and extending its service life.
He noted that a lot of work had been done over the past period to
provide the republican army with military hardware.
Progress has been made in the area of arms supplies, upgrading arms
depots, training the army's engineering staff and increasing their
state of combat readiness. A number of organizational and technical
events were held in military units aimed at ensuring the correct
handling of arms, their maintenance and extending their service life.
[Passage omitted: minor details]
The chief of the General Staff of the Armenian army, Col-Gen Mikael
Arutyunyan, urged the units' commanders to handle arms carefully and
to maintain them in a state of combat readiness.
The issues discussed at the session are very important to our people
and Armenia's security, Defence Minister Serzh Sarkisyan said summing
up the session's results.
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
13 May 06
[Presenter] The Armenian Defence Ministry held a session on 13 May.
The session discussed military hardware used by the armed forces.
[Correspondent over video of session] Armenian Deputy Defence Minister,
Lt-Gen Yuriy Khachaturov spoke about the military hardware used by the
Armenian armed forces, its maintenance and extending its service life.
He noted that a lot of work had been done over the past period to
provide the republican army with military hardware.
Progress has been made in the area of arms supplies, upgrading arms
depots, training the army's engineering staff and increasing their
state of combat readiness. A number of organizational and technical
events were held in military units aimed at ensuring the correct
handling of arms, their maintenance and extending their service life.
[Passage omitted: minor details]
The chief of the General Staff of the Armenian army, Col-Gen Mikael
Arutyunyan, urged the units' commanders to handle arms carefully and
to maintain them in a state of combat readiness.
The issues discussed at the session are very important to our people
and Armenia's security, Defence Minister Serzh Sarkisyan said summing
up the session's results.