On the occasion of International Students Day on November 16th the Yerevan State University welcomed Defense Minister S.Ohanyan. Before the meeting with students the Minister accompanied by YSU Rector Aram Simonyan took part in the opening ceremony of the auditoria named after perished fighters of Artsakh war – YSU Law faculty students Ara Avanesyan, Eduard Avagyan, Sargis Khojoyan and Tigran Petrosyan. The fighters’ relatives were also present.

Members of the Public Council adjacent to the Defense Minister headed by Gegham Harutyunyan visited some eastern frontier regiments from October 31 to November 4. G.Harutyunyan tells:
– The visit was introductory. On September 14 a new Public Council was formed, from 15 members 9 are new. Naturally, for their effective work it is essential to visit the regiments. We visited regiments, hospitals, met commanders, servicemen, saw their social-living conditions. By the way, there is improvement in this sphere. New quarters, bath-houses, WC and other objects have been brought into operation.

In the framework of Abovyan State Pedagogical University’s 90th anniversary the Students Council’s members headed by Volodya Gasparyan and on the initiative of Psychology and Sociology Faculty Deputy Dean, c.p.s. Hakob Tadevosyan on November 10 visited one of the Tavush district’s frontier regiments. The students organized a cultural program for the servicemen. This visit was important and introductory for the students who study military pedagogy and psychology.

On November 3rd in the memorial complex «Sardarapat» a function was held dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Sardarapat battle’s Commander, Lieutenant General Movses Silikyan.
The student groups of Military Institute after V.Sargsyan and Military Aviation Institute after Marshal Khanperyants and State universities of Yerevan and Artsakh participated in the intellectual game conducted on the initiative of RA MoD Information & PR Department.

On 24-25 October more than 20 media representatives visited one of the eastern border regiments on the initiative and direct assistance of the Defense Ministry.
In the midday all the groups returned to the regiment where the journalists met NKR Defense Minister, Army of Defense Commander Lieutenant General Movses Hakobyan who particularly said:

On October 4 in Yerevan the 6th All-Armenian Conference of Journalists “Towards the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide” with participation of Armenian representatives of 89 newspapers, agencies, TV-channels and radio-stations of various world countries was held.

Basically people participated with readiness, we conducted guidance work. They understood that these trainings are an essential function to ensure the country’s defense capability. However there were people liable for call-up with various social problems which, naturally, caused obstacles. There were a few cases of refusal, those materials were sent to appropriate legal instances to make them answerable.