ARMENIA’S TAKE EXCLUSIVELY HUMANITARIAN PART IN IRAQ’S POST-WAR RECOVERY

YEREVAN, JULY 11. ARMINFO. Armenia is following no military goals by
sending its peacekeepers to Iraq, the chief of Armenia’s general staff
Mikayel Haroutyunyan while seeing off the second group of Armenian
peacekeepers to Iraq.

He says that Iraq’s post-war recovery is not the only peacekeeping
mission by Armenia. The country is also keeping peace in Kosovo. The
second group will first be trained in Kuwait and then be sent to Iraq
to substitute for the first group as part of the Polish division.

Haroutyunyan says that the Polish command is very satisfied with the
activities of the Armenian peacekeepers. He says that he has met with
his Polish counterpart in Brussels and the latter highly appreciated
the work of he Armenian peacekeepers.

Haroutyunyan says that Armenia is ready to send one more group if the
parliament makes relevant decision.

To remind, the first group went to Iraq Jan 18 2005. THe second one
will return to Armenia Dec 20 2005. Presently the Armenian
peacekeeping group consist of 30 drivers, 3 doctors, 10 field
engineers and 3 officers.