The winter training stage comes to its end. In the training regiments exams began from June 3rd. In the training regiment of Anti-Air Defense under the command of Colonel M.Mheryan the check-up of the students knowledge started from May, 31st.

Situation on the front line is dictated by us, however there are cases of cease-fire regime violation from the enemy’s side. I’d like to mention that our snipers give a fitting rebuff to any action of the enemy’s snipers. As for the sabotage groups acts, violating the RA state border, they are discovered on time and rendered harmless.

– In June, 2001, in the UNI headquarters in New York – tells Deputy Commander Colonel Arthur Yeroyan, – the RA Deputy Foreign Minister signed a Memorandum on the accession of Armenia to the UN peacekeeping actions system, after that the RA AF peacekeeping sub-unit was formed stage by stage. The RA Armed Forces are in the international peacekeeping missions since February, 2004 when 34 Armenian peacekeepers left for Kosovo to join the peacekeeping mission composed of Greek subunit. In January, 2005 the Armenian military group of 45 doctors, sappers and drivers left for Iraq this time composed of Polish subunit.

On April 23 an expanded meeting of the Republican call-up commission was held, during which the 2012 autumn call-up results were summarized and 2013 spring call-up planning works were discussed.
RA AF General Staff Head Colonel General Yu.Khachaturov presented main report, and Defense Minister S.Ohanyan summarized the meeting. He mentioned that during 2012 autumn call-up corruption cases diminished and said that the functions on spring call-up realization would be stricter.

Military Institute after V.Sargsyan is the main smithy of completion of the army with young officers-specialists. 50% of the students study at the Combined Faculty where commanders of motorized infantry, tank, intelligence and engineering-sapper platoons are being prepared.

A function dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Artsakh war hero Shahen Meghryan was held in Philharmonic Small Hall after Arno Babajanyan.
Meghryan was partisan detachment’s commander of Shahumyan, Martakert detachments’ general commander, member of NKR Supreme Soviet.

Because of the war actions in the Karabakh conflict zone almost 1000 citizens of RA and NKR are considered as missing, 400 of them are citizens of Armenia. Among them are peaceful people and soldiers. These data were presented by Head of “Relatives of missing people council” NGO Rimma Arakelyan during the briefing on April 11. According to her information, from 1000 missing 90 are alive.