COMMISSION FORMED TO RECONSIDER THE DEFENSE STRATEGY O ARMENIA

armradio.am
13.10.2008 14:03

The first sitting of the interagency commission to reconsider the
Defense Strategy of the Republic of Armenia was held at the President’s
Office today, chaired by Secretary of the National Security Council
Arthur Baghdasaryan. Presenting the mission of the commission,
Mr. Baghdasaryan noted that the necessity to reconsider the strategy
of defense reforms derives from the National Security Strategy. It
envisages the preparation of a whole package of reforms and is under
the direct control of the President of the Republic of Armenia.

"Deriving from the importance of working out the document on
assessment of the security environment and threats, we should be able
to elaborate a document and a program of actions and arrangements that
will correspond to the contemporary global and regional challenges,"
Arthur Baghdasaryan noted.

Defense Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan later presented the main
directions of reformation of the Defense Strategy of the Republic of
Armenia and the methodology of the work. Participants of the sitting
took decisions connected with the organization of the work and fixed
the exact terms of action.