ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: "THE MILITARY DIVISIONS OF ARMENIA ARE NO WORSE THAN THE DIVISIONS, OPERATING THROUGH 70 YEARS OF THE SOVIET PERIOD, FOR THEIR MILITARY TRAINING"

Today.Az
13 October 2008 [12:47]
Azerbaijan

"Since the first days Armenian servicemen have held military actions
in line with the requirements of the modern military science and
mobility of the troops received special attention", said Armenian
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan during a meeting with the youth,
organized by the Alliance civil initiative.

"Being a young army, both during war and after it, we managed to
create structures and military divisions, which are no worse than
the divisions, operating through 70 years of the Soviet period for
their the level of combativeness", said Oghanyan.

"Through the past year we attempted to assess all those traditions and
values, which have formed in the result of the national liberation
movement and the army construction. All these values and traditions
are peculiar of the most powerful armies of the world, considering
the capacities and the scales of each state", said the Minister.

He noted that the peculiarity of the Armenian army, created in 1992,
was its unity with people.

"At the current stage of development we have reached the stage, when
reforms are needed for the further preservation and development of
combativeness. If a state adheres to modern advanced criteria and
democratic norms, the army should adhere to the advanced criteria of
modern armies", said Ohanyan.

He noted that in a contemporary fight two factors allow to reach
success – soldiers, as well as armament and military technique.

"A soldier, who is on the front, plays a decisive role. In this
connection, we try to modernize our forces on par with the raised
military training of the servicemen and special divisions", said
the Minister.

"In period of my activity, it is all conducted fairly and openly,
certainly, based on the army confidentiality regime", added he.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress