Today in the world in 16 peacekeeping missions there are more than 107 thousand peacekeepers from 122 countries.
Armenian peacekeepers participated in 4 missions: since 2004 – in Kosovo, since 2005 – in Iraq, since 2010 – in Afghanistan, since November, 2014 – in Lebanon. Currently in Afghanistan there are 130 Armenian soldiers, in Iraq – 35, in Lebanon – 32.

On May 26, at the administrative complex of the RA Ministry of Defense a conference was held on modern technologies and their application in the field of information security. The guests of the Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan were representatives of Microsoft.

History shows that Armenians fought back Gallipoli army, and this glorious victory was important not only for us, the Armenians, but for halting the advance of the Turks, contributing to the collapse of their madcap plans. And we must celebrate with great fanfare all the victorious battles that had momentous importance for the Armenian people. We need to raise the spirit of the nation, especially the youth. Architect Rafael Israelyan said – when Armenian will understand that he is an Armenian, the whole world would be his.

The ancestors of warrior-liberator, Yezid by nationality Asya Khatoyan emigrated to Armenia from Bolsen in Osmanian Turkey. In 1918-1920 they participated in the Battle of Sardarapat. She is happy with her ancestors, the heroes, who in the name of freedom, in the name of the land took up arms and fought heroically.

In a society in parallel with social norms, there are also “unwritten laws”. These rules, rooted for centuries, which sometimes help, but sometimes interfere with the state in the construction of the legislative field.
The most viable social norm can be considered a “code of honor”. People, especially young men, are ready to enter into a serious conflict with each other, even to use physical violence if someone insults his dignity or his relatives’. And they are trying to resolve this issue by “unwritten laws” that usually ends with a gross violation of human rights, and sometimes – a tragedy.

Respected Mr.President!
I decided to write you, to a politician who has breathed new life to the principle of self-determination of peoples. Your word – “The peoples themselves have to decide the fate of their territories” – gave me (a survivor of 10 years in prison on death row, sentenced by Aliyev’s regime) and all Talysh people hope for the final victory of justice.

Our biggest problem was and remains the improvement of interpersonal relations and the establishment of the statutory morals that is aimed at increasing the combat capability of the army and strengthening border security guarantees. A large number of criminal cases are up under Article 359 of the Criminal Code, it is – a violation of statutory relations. At first glance, this may seem harmless crime but in reality has a hidden potential that can develop into a serious crime. Strengthening of statutory relations is the best guarantee of creating of a people-centered army. Tolerance is not a legal category, but intolerance in the troops can lead to a contradiction with the law. Therefore it is necessary to use all the levers of education, propaganda and moral-psychological suggestion so the behavior of a soldier would becme more aware, responsible, law-abiding, self-controlled.