ARMENIAN DM AWARDS MEDALS TO ARMENIAN PEACE-MAKERS

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 11 2005

YEREVAN, October 11. /ARKA/. RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan
has awarded medals and diplomas to a number of Armenian servicemen
that carried out a peace-making mission in Iraq for successful
accomplishment of their task. In Iraq you upheld the honor of our
armed forces thereby contributing to our Homeland’s reputation,”
the Minister said. According to him, Armenia, which is seeking
integration into the European family, cannot be indifferent to the
problems facing it. “We cannot be indifferent to their problems just
as they cannot be indifferent to our problems. This is the reason
why we carry out peace-making missions in Kosovo and in Iraq,”
the Minister said. According to Sargsyan, Armenia carries out these
missions in the interests of its partners. It means that the partners
will act in Armenia’s interests as well. Sargsyan pointed out that
besides Armenia’s efficient army, “our partners” contribute to the
11-year-long relative peace in the region. “It is not a secret,”
the Minister said.