ARMENIAN MILITARY DOCTRINE SENT TO RUSSIA, NATO AND U.S. FOR EXPERTISE
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.10.2007 16:44 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In December 2007 the Armenian Military Doctrine
will be submitted to the President for ratification, RA Defense
Minister Mikael Harutyunyan during expert and public debate of the
draft Doctrine at Institute of National and Strategic Studies at the
Defense Ministry.
According to the schedule fixed by the President, the document was
sent to Russia, NATO and U.S. for expertise.
"Till the end of October we will receive the conclusions and the then
the draft will be introduced in the government. Hearings will also be
held in the National Assembly and National Security Council. So, it
will be submitted to the President in December," Minister Harutyunyan
said.
"The Doctrine is a concept of state defense, structure, problems and
aims of the Armed Forces, neutralization of military threats," he said.
"The main purport of the Military Doctrine is to fix the threats and
prevent them. It also embraces trends of organizations of military
security system," he added.
"The Doctrine is the guideline for all state bodies responsible for
the military security system.
International experience and documents of various states were used
for its elaboration. We did not aim to imitate models of other
states. We have developed a document that would meet our demands
and peculiarities and would be comprehensible for the international
community," the Defense Minister said, Novosti Armenia reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
