ARTUR AGHABEKIAN: DEFENCE SYSTEM REFORM SHOULD PROCEED PARALLELLY WITH
DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER SPHERES
YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The goal of Armenia’s defence reform
is to form an army corresponding to the requirements of the 21st
century. Lieutenant-General Artur Aghabekian, RA Deputy Defence
Minister, declared this during the opening of the April 12
seminar-consultation dedicated to issues of elaboration of the
Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). He expressed a hope that as
a result of gradual changes we’ll manage to form an army capable of
resisting new challenges, completely providing country’s military
security by 2015. According to the Deputy Minister, the defence system
reform should proceed parallelly with the development in other spheres
of life. Proceeding from this necessity an inter-department commission
was established, the goal of which is to coordinate the realization of
IPAP of Armenia with NATO.