MP: career officers are future of Armenian army September 8, 2011 - 14:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Career officers are the future of the Armenian army, the Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs believes. As Hrayr Karapetyan told a news conference in Yerevan, “career officers, having clear advantages over those without military education, will help solve Armenian army’s problems. Their expertise gives us reason to hope that future officer staff will dramatically improve current situation in the army.” “Although thankful to old officer staff for their contributions, we can’t but notice the shortcomings of some of them. Armenian army is no place for inadequate people,” Karapetyan said, expressing hope for reforms, initiated by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, to be successfully implemented. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |