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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS BEREAVED RELATIVES OF ARMY SOLDIERS
Demotix.com
http://www.demotix.com/news/570725/armenian-president-meets-bereaved-relatives-army-soldiers
Jan 27 2011
RA President Serzh Sargsyan talks to relatives of soldiers who died
during their obligatory service in Armenian State Army. The protesters
are demanding investigations of all army death cases. Yerevan,
Armenia. 27/01/2011
After the awarding ceremony of military workers, RA President Serzh
Sargsyan while being photographed in a group photo, went to a crowd
of relatives of soldiers who died, during their obligatory service
in Armenian State Army.
The Armenian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Armenia
and consists of the ground forces responsible for the country's
land-based operations. It was established in conjunction with the
other components of Armenia's military on January 28, 1992, several
months after the republic declared its independence from the Soviet
Union. The army's first head was the former deputy commander-in-chief
of the Soviet Ground Forces, Norat Ter-Grigoryants.
In compliance with its strategic allies, Armenia has sent over
1,500 officers to be trained in Greece and Russia. Since the end
of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia has committed many elements
of the army to help bolster the defense and defend the unrecognized
Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh from a possible renewal of hostilities
with neighboring Azerbaijan. Jane's World Armies reports that both
conscripts and officers from Armenia are routinely sent for duty to
Karabakh, often posted to the frontline between Karabakh Armenian
and Azerbaijani forces.
From: A. Papazian
Demotix.com
http://www.demotix.com/news/570725/armenian-president-meets-bereaved-relatives-army-soldiers
Jan 27 2011
RA President Serzh Sargsyan talks to relatives of soldiers who died
during their obligatory service in Armenian State Army. The protesters
are demanding investigations of all army death cases. Yerevan,
Armenia. 27/01/2011
After the awarding ceremony of military workers, RA President Serzh
Sargsyan while being photographed in a group photo, went to a crowd
of relatives of soldiers who died, during their obligatory service
in Armenian State Army.
The Armenian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Armenia
and consists of the ground forces responsible for the country's
land-based operations. It was established in conjunction with the
other components of Armenia's military on January 28, 1992, several
months after the republic declared its independence from the Soviet
Union. The army's first head was the former deputy commander-in-chief
of the Soviet Ground Forces, Norat Ter-Grigoryants.
In compliance with its strategic allies, Armenia has sent over
1,500 officers to be trained in Greece and Russia. Since the end
of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia has committed many elements
of the army to help bolster the defense and defend the unrecognized
Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh from a possible renewal of hostilities
with neighboring Azerbaijan. Jane's World Armies reports that both
conscripts and officers from Armenia are routinely sent for duty to
Karabakh, often posted to the frontline between Karabakh Armenian
and Azerbaijani forces.
From: A. Papazian