THE AFGHANI WAR VETERANS IN ARMENIA

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07. 10.09

On the 7th of October, 2009 the members of the Coordinating Council of
the Afghani War Veterans in the CIS Member States, with the company of
the RA Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan, Chief of the GS of the RA
Armed Forces, Colonel-General Yuri Khachaturov and other high ranked
officers, visited the "Hakhtanak" ("Victory") Park and put flowers
and wreaths on the memorials of the victims of the Afghani and the
Great Patriotic Wars.

On the same day in the RA MoD administrative complex took place the
sitting of the Coordinating Council of the Afghani War Veterans in
the CIS Member States, which was devoted to the 20th anniversary of
the demobilization of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Greeting
those present, the RA Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan stated
that we can build the future by only remembering and appreciating
the past. "We cannot forget the valor and selflessness that showed
the participants to that terrible and brutal war, and this meeting
is a proof of it," marked the Minister of Defence. The head of the
sitting of the council, president of the Coordinating Committee of the
Afghani War Veterans Ruslan Aushev, on his turn, thanked the Armenian
side for the cordial reception and passed the Minister of Defence
a symbolic souvenir. Seyran Ohanyan decorated a=2 0number of the
participants to the sitting of the council with "Marshal Baghramyan"
and "Admiral Isakov" departmental medals, at the same time expressing
his belief that the visit of the members of the council to Yerevan
and the agreements achieved in its frames will strengthen even more
the cooperation developed during the years.

RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs