Defense Minister travels to Syunik amid army casualtiesMarch 18, 2022 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on Friday, March 18. Meeting with the officers in one of the military units, Papikyan said recent incidents which involved the death of two soldiers in said military units are a consequence of lack of discipline, as well as the inadequate level of morale of individual servicemen. The Minister of Defense also visited a military unit being renovated to learn more about the construction process on the spot. 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. Armenia has registered Covid-19-related deaths in 23 vaccinated individuals so far, according to Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan. 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. |