President says Karabakh regularly boosts army combat capabilitiesJanuary 23, 2018 - 17:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) president Bako Sahakyan said on Monday, January 23 that the country must do everything to always increase the combat capabilities of the Defense Army. Sahakyan was addressing the meeting of the Defense Army's Military Council which summed up the results of 2017 and the 2018 action plan. In his speech, the president spoke about the large-scale army-building activities carried out in 2017, gave instructions for the proper realization of the projects scheduled for the year 2018. Sahakyan evaluated the work done in the field in 2017 as satisfactory overall, noting that their results were visible. Sahakyan underlined that the tasks were important and would require coordinated work from all the command levels. “I am confident that our army will as always be able to efficiently solve all the set tasks," the president said. "The country will in turn continue to keep the army building sector in the spotlight, sparing no effort to maintain the efficiency of the armed forces and solve social issues of the servicemen”. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |