Armenia: Women to be recruited in proposed voluntary militarySeptember 1, 2020 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Minister of Defense Gabriel Balayan has said that women will be involved in a proposed all-voluntary military in Armenia, Sputnik Armenia reports. According to him, no discrimination will be applied when it comes to recruitment in the civilian militia. For several years now, women have also been enrolled in military schools, the Deputy Defense Minister said. "In the first stage, women will perform non-combat missions, should they express such a desire. There are female officers, sergeants in the army reserve force who are not assigned to specific military units," Balayan explained. He also said that the creation of an all-voluntary military does not mean that armed people will be freely roaming the streets. Defense Minister David Tonoyan provided some details about the proposed volunteer military in the country, explaining that the move seeks to first of all solve the problem of organizing self-defense in border villages. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |