EIGHTY-TWO ARMENIANS APPLY FOR 71 PLACES IN ACADEMIES OF GREECE AND RUSSIA

ARMENPRESS
July 30, 2008

YEREVAN, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS: Eighty-two Armenians have applied for
71 places available for Armenian cadets in 18 military academies of
Greece and Russia.

To become eligible the applicants will have to pass a series of
examinations, which are now underway. Armenian cadets will be majoring
in prestigious Russian military academies in Moscow, Ryazan, Voroniezh
(Russia) and in Greece.

Murad Isakhanian, head of a Defense Ministry department in charge of
military education and personnel, told Armenpress that many third-year
cadets from Armenian academies and officers continue their education
in Italy, Germany, China and USA.