ARMENIAN LIEUTENANT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO GERMANY

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[03:46 pm] 13 November, 2006

Armenian senior lieutenant Georgi Nalbandyan who was injured
as a result of a terrorist act in Iraq on November 11 is out of
danger. Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan informed today that the
officer has been taken to Germany and after recovering will return
to Armenia to continue his military service.

Let us remind you that the leg of the senior lieutenant has been
amputated. "I would like to support his family in these difficult
times. I am sure that we will need his experience and knowledge",
Serge Sargsyan said.

Early in the morning the Defense Minister left for Iraq to get
acquainted with the life of the Armenian peace-keepers, as well as
to meet the Defense Minister of Iraq and the heads of the forces
fulfilling peace-keeping mission.

Let us remind you that in July the fourth shift of the Armenian
peace-keepers left for Iraq.

The Armenian peace-keepers have been leaving for Iraq since January
2005. Each shift consists of 46 soldiers.