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    ARMENIA MULLS BRINGING DRAFT AGE FROM 18 TO 19

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 11, 2011 - 12:43 AMT

    On May 11, the Armenian National Assembly discussed a bill on making
    amendments to the RA Law on Military Service.

    Presenting the bill in the parliament, Armenian Minister of Justice
    Hrayr Tovmasyan said adoption of the bill is important, since as a
    result of the transfer to a 12-year system of secondary education,
    around 6,000 young people will graduate from schools after reaching
    the draft age, which is currently 18.

    Tovmasyan noted that the bill envisages increasing the military age
    and drafting young people to the army from 19. According to him, the
    bill will clarify the situation for 6,000 Armenian citizens, who will
    be drafted to the army only after graduation from school. Tovmasyan
    said that the bill was discussed with the Armenian Ministers of Defense
    and Education and Science. Besides, the bill was positively estimated
    by the RA NA Committee on Defense, Security and Internal Affairs.

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