Yuri Khachaturov: we won’t cede an inch of our land

PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of RA Armed Forces General Staff, Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov congratulated Armenian peacekeeping brigade on being conferred the military unit status at the official battle standard award ceremony.

“I congratulate you and your brothers-in-arms serving in Afghanistan and Kosovo on being awarded with battle standard,” Colonel General Khachaturov said.

He called on peacekeepers serving in foreign countries to never forget the main task of protecting their native land.

Commemorating the soldiers who died in Karabakh war, Yuri Khachaturov emphasized that the war was imposed on them by the enemy. “We love peace. We don’t want anything belonging to others. Karabakh is our land and we won’t cede an inch of it.”

At the end of the ceremony, RA Armed Forces peacekeeping brigade officers were awarded efficiency medals by the order of Armenian Minister of Defense.