RA Defense Minister congratulates Vardanank on its 15th anniversaryNovember 15, 2011 - 18:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 15, Armenian Defense Minister met with members of Club of military-patriotic education of YSU Vardanank. As ministerial press service reports, the meeting was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Vardanank club, which unites parents of the fallen in Artsakh Liberation Struggle, their children and YSU students. During the meeting club members presented the history and the activity of the club and expressed gratitude for the assistance extended. On his part, Seyran Ohanyan, highly appreciated the military-patriotic activity of the club awarding medals and diplomas to the representatives of Vardanank. Chairman of the Public Council at the RA Defense Ministry Gegham Harutyunyan and hero of the Artsakh liberation war, General-Mayor Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan (Commandos) also attended the meeting. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |