ARMENIAN CITIZENS TO SERVE IN RUSSIAN FORCES ON CONTRACTUAL BASISNovember 14, 2003 - 23:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Citizens of Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan will serve in the Russian Federal troops of the North-Caucasian Military Okrug (NCMO) on the contractual basis. As reported by the Russian sources, plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the Southern Federal Okrug Viktor Kazantsev stated addressing the NCMO expanded military council. He specified that the troops will be formed by the Russian-speaking citizens of these countries. Before that the candidates will be tested by the special services, Kazantsev noted.![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |