Armenia’s Defense Minister Suren Papikyan on Thursday paid a working visit to Syunik Province where deaths of two conscript soldiers were reported, the Ministry of Defense said in a press release.
At a meeting with local officers in a military unit, Papikyan addressed the recent incidents involving conscripts. He underscored that the incidents were a result of improper discipline in certain units as well as poor morale of individual servicemen.
After being briefed on the incidents by the officers in charge, the defense minister issued instructions to the commander of the military unit to take necessary measures to exclude such cases in the future.
Suren Papikyan also visited the border area close to the Nerkin Hand community where Major-General Artak Budaghyan, the commander of the local military unit, presented the current situation.
He next visited the construction site of a local military unit and got acquainted with the construction process on the ground.