  Armenia expanding involvement in UN peacekeeping missions March 30, 2019 - 13:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is expanding involvement in United Nations peacekeeping missions, Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan told the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference in New York on Friday, March 29. Tonoyan declared that Armenia is planning to establish an international center for training peacekeepers, the Voice of America says. The Defense Minister reminded Armenian peacekeepers are currently deployed in Afghanistan and Kosovo. "Together with our American partners, we are developing the national program for the training of peacekeepers which will enable our servicemen to receive adequate training," he said Weighing on the decision to send a humanitarian mission to Syria, Tonoyan said the move is a response to the requests of Syria and the Armenian community in the Middle Eastern country. He said the Armenian mission involves doctors and sappers. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday, March 28 that sending a humanitarian mission to Syria means responding in kind to the people who helped Armenians fleeing the Genocide in 1915.  Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
