Defense Minister attends induction ceremony at Peacekeeping Brigade after qualification exams

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YEREVAN, JUNE 12, ARMENPRESS. Servicemembers of the Homeland Defender military service option who successfully passed the qualification exams and were appointed to positions in the Peacekeeping Brigade received the blue beret of peacekeepers in a ceremony on Monday.

Defense Minister Suren Papikyan visited the Peacekeeping Brigade headquarters to personally hand over the blue berets to the servicemembers in an induction ceremony.

Papikyan said that the new servicemembers who joined the peacekeeping brigade will assume the responsible mission with honor because they will represent Armenia in their mission deployments abroad.

Attaching importance to the qualification process in the military, Papikyan emphasized that the procedure must be continuous, serving as one of the important measures for developing the army as part of reforms.

After presenting the blue berets, Minister Papikyan also awarded Private Nver Chavishyan with a symbolic gift as the first servicemember in the Homeland Defender program to have garnered the highest score in the qualification exams.

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