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    Armenian society not ready for extension of mandatory military
    service's term to 36 months: defense minister


    YEREVAN, January 29, /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh defense minister told a
    news conference today that `the Armenian society is not yet ready for
    extension of mandatory military service's term from 24 months to 36.'
    He said this issue has been debated by the Armenian public for a long
    time. In his words, the extension may be effected `when the time and
    the need arise.'

    `As a defense minister I would not conceal my desire to have the term
    of mandatory military service prolonged, but currently there is no
    need for it,' he said.

    The minister brushed aside rumors about increasing instances of
    desertion. `We do not have such a problem in our armed forces,' he
    said. -0-
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