PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA: THE STATE ORDER SYSTEM IN EDUCATIONAL SECTOR NEEDS CHANGES TO ENSURE FULL INVOLVEMENT IN COUNTRY’S DEFENSE

ArmInfo
2009-07-02 18:19:00

It is necessary to change the system of state order in the educational
sector to ensure full involvement in defense of the country, President
of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan told pupils and graduated pupils of the
general education schools on Thursday.

The president said the post-graduate students are males by 100%. "Do
you think that females cannot get post-graduate education? Actually,
the law and the system are used to void army", the president said. He
does not differentiate evasion of army in peace or war- time since
there is no 100 percent peace at present either. "If we want the
situation to be continued, i.e. if we want no military actions in
our country, we must have a powerful army and armed forces meeting
nowadays requirements. Our rivals must understand that they will get
proper resistance if they try to attack Armenian lands", the president
said. Nevertheless, Serzh Sargsyn said the law on compulsory military
services of the males at the age of 18 will not be adopted in the
current or the next year.