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January 18, 2008 Friday 7:59 PM MSK
Armenia to send more peacekeepers to Kosovo - defense ministry
YEREVAN Jan 18
Armenia's Defense Ministry plans to expand peacekeeping operations.
"We plan to double the number of Armenian peacekeepers in Kosovo in
2008. The Armenian platoon will be enlarged to a company," Armenian
Defense Minister Mikael Arutyunian said in Yerevan on Friday.
In 2007, the Armenian armed forces continued intensive peacekeeping
operations, Arutyunian said delivering a report on the results of the
Defense Ministry's work in 2007 and the main tasks for 2008.
"Armenian peacekeepers were rotated in Iraq and Kosovo in 2007. On
December 4, the National Assembly made the decision to extend the
Armenian peacekeepers' mandate in Iraq for a year," he said.
Arutyunian met on Thursday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of Sate
Matthew Bryza. Armenian peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan was
discussed among other issues.
January 18, 2008 Friday 7:59 PM MSK
Armenia to send more peacekeepers to Kosovo - defense ministry
YEREVAN Jan 18
Armenia's Defense Ministry plans to expand peacekeeping operations.
"We plan to double the number of Armenian peacekeepers in Kosovo in
2008. The Armenian platoon will be enlarged to a company," Armenian
Defense Minister Mikael Arutyunian said in Yerevan on Friday.
In 2007, the Armenian armed forces continued intensive peacekeeping
operations, Arutyunian said delivering a report on the results of the
Defense Ministry's work in 2007 and the main tasks for 2008.
"Armenian peacekeepers were rotated in Iraq and Kosovo in 2007. On
December 4, the National Assembly made the decision to extend the
Armenian peacekeepers' mandate in Iraq for a year," he said.
Arutyunian met on Thursday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of Sate
Matthew Bryza. Armenian peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan was
discussed among other issues.