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ARMENIA REPLACES PEACEKEEPERS IN KOSOVO
Public TV, Armenia
Nov 14 2006
[Presenter] A sixth detachment of Armenian peacekeepers left for
Kosovo this morning to replace their colleagues who have to return
to Armenia today. The Armenian peacekeeping battalion has already
been manned by 75 per cent.
Armenian Deputy Defence Minister Lt -Gen Artur Agabekyan said that
Armenia has promised to keep its peacekeeping battalion [in Kosovo]
until 2010.
The Armenian Defence Ministry plans to start establishing a second
peacekeeping battalion.
[Armenian Deputy Defence Minister Artur Agabekyan, captioned] Young
Armenians express their intention to serve in a professional special
peacekeeping battalion. We have 60 applications today. If we continue
the conscription, we shall have a 100-per-cent full battalion by the
first quarter of 2007.
Public TV, Armenia
Nov 14 2006
[Presenter] A sixth detachment of Armenian peacekeepers left for
Kosovo this morning to replace their colleagues who have to return
to Armenia today. The Armenian peacekeeping battalion has already
been manned by 75 per cent.
Armenian Deputy Defence Minister Lt -Gen Artur Agabekyan said that
Armenia has promised to keep its peacekeeping battalion [in Kosovo]
until 2010.
The Armenian Defence Ministry plans to start establishing a second
peacekeeping battalion.
[Armenian Deputy Defence Minister Artur Agabekyan, captioned] Young
Armenians express their intention to serve in a professional special
peacekeeping battalion. We have 60 applications today. If we continue
the conscription, we shall have a 100-per-cent full battalion by the
first quarter of 2007.