PEACEKEEPING BRIGADE MAY BE FORMED IN RA BY 2012
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 29 2007
According to Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP),
RA Armed Forces’ peacekeeping brigade must be formed by 2012, head
of RA MOD International Cooperation and Defense Programs Department
Major General Mikael Melkonian stated at a press conference in
Yerevan. However, in his words, the Armenian party may form the brigade
already by 2010-2012. "We have bases and trained resources for that
purpose. The brigade will be the Armenian army’s elite subdivision,"
Melkonian underlined.
Mikael Melkonian reminded that currently Armenian peacekeepers were
participating in peacekeeping and stability mission in Kosovo and
Iraq. "Armenian peacekeepers deserved high commendations from the
U.S. MOD and NATO for their professionalism and training in operations
of Kosovo and Iraq," he said. The Armenian contingent in Iraq carries
out purely technical tasks within the Polish contingent, and another
battalion is included in the Greek peacekeeping brigade in Kosovo.
In 2002 the United Nations proclaimed May 29 as Day of Peacekeepers,
PanARMENIAN.Net reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
