RA DM: ARMENIAN ARMY ENTERS FOURTH STAGE OF ITS DEVELOPMENT

Yerevan, February 5. ArmInfo. The Armenian Army enters the fourth
stage of its development, RA Defense Minister, Serzh Sargsyan, said
in an interview to the "Armenia" TV channel.

Having reminded the theoretical division of the Armenian Army
development history into three stages, which he published earlier,
RA DM said that he had addressed his deputies, the Heads of some DM
departments and the General Headquarters last autumn and tried to
explain the necessity of carrying out the reforms in the Armenian
Army. According to him, the implementation of reforms in the Army
is a necessity. Though the military efficiency of the Armenian
Army raises no doubts, there are still some deficiencies, numerous
unsolved problems which should be resolved. Moreover, not only a task
of assuring the own country’s security is set to the modern Army but
task of participating in the struggle with challenges to the mankind
that requires a joint coordinated work of representatives of Armies
of different countries. According to the Minister, it is impossible
to take a worthy participation in this work without the necessary
reforms. That is why, at the end of 2005, Armenia had approved a
Program of individual partnership with NATO and the CSTO countries
have agreed to improve the united subdivisions, the Minister said. "I
think we already enter the fourth stage and this stage will be long",
RA DM added.