Top lawmaker urges public to assist army in engineering workNovember 1, 2021 - 20:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the Armenian parliament's Standing Committee on Security and Defense, lawmaker from the ruling Civil Contract party Andranik Kocharyan has urged the public to help the army in engineering work along the border. "I think that some sections of the society, such as students and others, who say that they are standing by the army... could take up tools and take part in some engineering work so that our servicemen can focus on performing their tasks," Kocharyan said, according A1+. The MP added that the members of the working group of the Defense Committee recently visited the eastern part of the border. Armenia's borders with Azerbaijan are longer than they used to be, following the 44-day war unleashed by the latter against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in fall 2020. Since then, there is virtually no border between Armenia and Artsakh. except for a corridor provided by Azerbaijan under the terms of the ceasefire statement. 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. |