DEFENCE MINISTER MIKAEL HARUTYUNIAMN LAYS WREATH AT GRAVE OF UNKNOWN
SOLDIER

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA defence minister Mikael
Harutyunian accompanied by high-ranking officers of the armed forces of
Armenia and Russia and the Russian frontier troops went to "Victory"
Park in Yerevan on February 23 and laid a wreath at the Grave of
Unknown Soldier on the occasion of Day of Defender of Fatherland
celerated in Russia. Armenian and Russian veterans of the Great
Patriotic War attended the ceremony.

According to the RA Defence Ministry Information and Propaganda
Department, in his speech the minister congratulated everyody on the
Great Victory, underlining the importance of that victory in the
developments that took place in the world in the second half of the
20th century. The minister said that most of the Armenian officers
served in the Soviet army, exhibiting good behavior during their
military service.