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18:34 11/11/06
SERZH SARGSYAN TO LEAVE FOR IRAQ
According to our sources, Serzh Sargsyan, defense minister of Armenia
and secretary of security board, will leave for Iraq on a three-day
trip. The aim is to learn about the service conditions of 46 member
military unit of Armenian soldiers which is on a peacekeeping mission
in Iraq.
The unit is in Iraq since January 25, 2005. The fourth detachment of
peacekeeping forces of Armenia left for Iraq late July, this
year. Each group of 46 soldiers spends their mission in Iraq for 6
months.
Armenian soldiers in Iraq peacekeeping mission have been variously
praised by foreign experts, particularly the
U.S. military. /Panorama. am/