15th ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIA’S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE MARKED
Noyan Tapan
Nov 5, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Festivities took place on November
5 at Yerevan’s Nubarashen Regiment of Special Importance on the
occasion of the 15th anniversary of formation of the RA Armed Forces’
Intelligence Service.
In this connection, the RA minister of defence Mikael Harutyunian,
military attaches of various foreign embassies in Armenia, high-ranking
military, and foreign guests visited the regiment.
Young scouts, masters of hand-to-hand fighting, officers of the
special intelligence group of the NKR Defence Army and the Nubarashen
special regiment demonstarted their skills. The spectators saw
military exercises in enemy disarming, destruction of a sentry post
and in seizure of an ammunition truck and a building of the enemy,
as well as hand-to-hand fighting and jumps of parachute and landing
troops. At the conclusion of the festivities, a number of servicemen
of the special regiment were presented with medals and valuable gifts.
In his speech M. Harutyunian said that intelligence officers have made
a great contributiion to the prevention of dangers to Armenia. In his
words, during the Karabakh freedom fight, many of them carried out
their mission at the cost of their lives. Today they continue their
service, fully controlling the situtaion in the region and foreseeing
the enemy’s plans.
"There is a relative peace now but there is no quiet service for a
serviceman, let alone a intelligence officer," M. Harutyunian stated.
During a talk with reporters, he said that Armenian intelligence
officers have always done their job well, and he expressed confidence
that it will be so in the future as well. The minister also expressed
his satisfaction at the preparedness of the new unit (whose members
serve on the contractual basis) formed in the regiment six months ago.