Leonid Azgaldyan: This is Armenia. And that's allNovember 21, 2009 - 14:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hero of Karabakh liberation war Leonid Azgaldyan was an exceptional personality both in physical and intellectual-moral terms, his companion-in-arms Hamik Sayadyan said in Yerevan. "Leonid made serious contribution to the development of science in Armenia. Besides, he possessed exceptional ability to predict events. He was among to feel the need of organizing defense in Armenia and Nagorno Karbakh," Sayadyan stressed. Being a professional servicemen, he considered volunteers as the greatest value of independent Armenia, he said. Gagik Ginosyan, another companion-in-arms, characterized Leonid as highly reputable personality both in Armenia and Karabakh. Azeris offered 3 million roubles for his head, "The new generation should be well-aware and proud of heroes like Leonid. Their image should serve as example for future generations," Gagik Ginosyan stressed, quoting the hero's well-known words saying, "This is Armenia, and that's all". 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 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. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |