Turkey has already significantly suffered from its hostile attitude towards Syria. On the initiative of Prime Minister Rejep Tayib Erdoghan and “Justice and prosperity” party trade-economic relations started to develop with the region’s countries. Turkey invested in Gulf countries – Quwait, Katar, UAE, Saudi Arabia. Goods freight was implemented via Syria-Lebanon-Israel-Egypt-Persian Gulf. Turkey-Syria relations became hostile, and now Syria doesn’t allow the goods to be transported сухопутно by land on trucks. There are no good relations with Iraq as well, with Iran it can’t implement transportation, that’s why the goods are transferred to Egypt on ferry and from there – to other countries.

On 9 September a meeting between the Head of ARM MoD Personnel and Military Education Department, Mher Shirinyan, Head of ARM MoD Defence Policy Department, Levon Ayvazyan and vice-rector of the Command Institute of the People’s Liberation Army of PRC, Major General Go Yandun was held at the administrative building of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia.

On September 2-7 in the framework of 4th army corpus of RA Armed Forces wide-scale command-staff exercises were conducted headed by Head of RA AF General Staff Colonel General Youri Khachaturov. Numerous forces and means were used to perform various operations of defense and counter-attack, during them shooting tasks were also implemented. The main aim of the exercises was to check command staff’s knowledge and preparation level, as well as skills of cooperation between sub-units, ability of making quick and correct decisions in combat situation.

Dear compatriots,
I congratulate you on Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Independence Day!
Artsakh people have done their historical choice. They defended their freedom and got it in the cruelest war at a price of heaviest losses. Artsakhian voted for his independence not only during the referendum but also during his nationwide self-defense.

On September 3, in the Military Institute after V.Sargsyan for the first time command-staff courses were held for the senior officers staff of RA AF. Servicemen will get Master’s degree, as well as theoretical knowledge, experience, skills and professional approach.

It is not possible to revalue the role of engineering troops. In time created fortifications, barriers, other constructions sometimes have decisive meaning for the process and completion of military operations. Effectiveness of the arms work can be very high in mountainous conditions when there are no wide possibilities for the attacking side’s advancement, and natural and artificial fortifications make defense more reliable and at the same time allow to create unseen traps.

Relations with Russian Federation started in 1992, when diplomatic relations were established between RA and RF, afterwards agreements were signed: on March 16, 1995 “On Russian military base on the territory of RA” and on August 29, 1997 “On friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance” which gave strategic character to this relations.