FOURTH GROUP OF ARMENIA PEACE-MAKERS DISPATCHED TO IRAQ BY ROTATION
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 25, 2006
YEREVAN, July 25. /ARKA/. The fourth group of Armenian peace-makers
was dispatched to Iraq by rotation on July 23. Press Secretary of
the RA Minister of Defense, Colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan reported that
three 46-member groups of Armenian peace-makers have been dispatched
to Iraq. The third group, which is currently in Iraq, comprises three
staff officers, two military doctors, ten sappers, and 31 drivers.
Shahsuvaryan reported that after the fourth group of Armenian
peace-makers has been dispatched to Iraq, the number of Armenian
servicemen that have participated in the operation "Freedom to Iraq"
reaches 182. Liaison officers served for one year. Armenian Armed
Forces have been involved in post-war rehabilitation of Iraq since
January 25, 2005. On December 24, 2004, the Armenian Parliament
ratified a memorandum on the dispatch of an Armenian contingent as
part of the polish mission. In 2005, the Armenian Parliament prolonged
the term of the Armenian mission in Iraq for one year. P.T. -0–