NKR DEFENSE ARMY FULFILLS ALL SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES IN FIRST SIX MONTH
OF 2006: NKR DEFENSE MINISTER

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 10 2006

STEPANAKERT, July 10. /ARKA/. The NKR Defense Army fulfilled all the
scheduled activities in the first half of 2006, NKR Defense Minister,
Colonel-Lieutenant Seyran Ohanyan told reporters.

According to him, his work was mostly aimed at organizing a training
course. "The NKR Army Command always focused on training the officers,
because successful implementation of set tasks depends on their
preparedness, and all the activities for command and staff officers
were fulfilled," Ohanyan said.

"It is necessary to point out separate command and staff officers
training, held in Nagorno-Karabakh involving the entire staff of the
army and also Head of the Central Headquarters and Armenian Defense
Minister as observers," the minister said.

According to him, one of the most primary tasks of the NKR Defense
Army is implementation of human resources policy.

The NKR Defense Minister also reported that permanent work is being
implemented on the front line, and that the army is focused on
upgrading engineering constructions. R.O. –0–