ARMENIAN OFFICER WOUNDED IN IRAQ RECUPERATING

Armenpress
Dec 05 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenian defense minister Serzh
Sarkisian said today senior lieutenant Georgi Nalbandian, who had
been wounded while on duty in Iraq in early November, was recuperating.

Nalbandian was transported to Germany for treatment in an American
military hospital.

The 25-year-old senior lieutenant of the Armenian peacekeeping
contingent in Iraq lost his right leg below the knee in a mine
explosion and received fragmentation wounds to his left leg.

The minister said today that after recuperation Nalbandian will return
to Armenia to continue his service to the homeland. The minister said
Nalbandian may recuperate in 2-3 weeks, but added that he may go to
another country for prosthesis. He also said Nalbandian’s brother
may soon fly to Germany to see him.

Sarkisian went today to parliament to ask the lawmakers to extend
the presence of a small Armenian peace-keeping contingent in Iraq
for another 12 months. Yerevan’s small contingent of 46 non-combat
servicemen operates in a multinational division headed by Poland. It
comprises military trucks drivers, sappers and medics.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress