Combat Readiness of Armenian Armed Forces Increased in 2004

COMBATIVITY AND ALERT OF ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES EVEN MORE STRENGTHENED
IN 2004: HEAD OF GENERAL STAFF OF ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18. ARMINFO. In 2004, the combativity and
preparedness of the Armenian Armed forces was even more strengthened,
Head of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Deputy Defense
Minister of Armenia, Lieutenant General Michael Haroutiunyan told
ARMINFO’s correspondent commenting on the results of the Collegium of
the Armenian Defense Ministry convened last week.

He said that last year a special attention was paid to strengthening
of the alert and combativity and material and technical equipment of
the country’s Armed Forces. It brought them to a new level of
preparedness and readiness to fulfill the tasks set, Haroutiunyan
said. In his words, the Collegium determined the priorities of the
activity of the Defense Ministry and the General Staff. The deputy
minister also said that in 2005 Armenian Armed Forces will participate
in a number of military exercises of NATO, CSTO as well as regular
Armenian-Russian military exercises in Yerevan.