RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan has sent his regular 2016 New Year message to the armed forces personnel. It is the seventh one and definitely different from the previous ones. Here the Minister presents the work done in the last 7 years and summarizes the main achievements.

Interview with senior assistant to the RA Defense Minister-head of the Center for promotion of human rights and ethics, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Avetisyan.   – Mr. Avetisyan, the Center for human rights and ethics – this is news in the defense system. What caused the creation of this Center and what problems does it solve? […]

On 28 January, on the occasion of Army Day, at the initiative of the administration of Kashatagh region in one of the south-eastern military units, under the command of Colonel Hovik Abrahamyan, a festive event was held.

Chairman of the RA Veterans Association Council retired colonel Simon Yesayan told that if on the 65th anniversary of the Victory there were 3,500 Great Patriotic War veterans in Armenia, today there are 950. “They are legends, let’s them evaluate and honour adequately”.

On January 29, Zorik would have turned 27 years old.
On the night of 2 August, 2014, when trying to suspend reconnaissance-sabotage penetration of the enemy in the direction of Martakert, Senior Lieutenant Zorik Gevorgyan was killed. In an unequal battle Zorik got two wounds, and the third wound was fatal to the young officer.

On January 22, 2016, RA Defense Ministry’s administrative complex hosted a meeting dedicated to summarizing the results of the work done in 2015 in the sphere of patriotic education.

On January 23, at the Church of St. Sarkis of Nor Nork in Yerevan a ceremony was held at the initiative of the staff of the Military Institute after V.Sargsyan and high priest of the Church Norayr Baghdasaryan.