Armenia celebrates Army DayJanuary 28, 2020 - 12:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is honoring the troops of the country’s Armed Forces on January 28. The Armed Forces of Armenia were officially established on January 28, 1992, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, several months after the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. On every Army Day, the President and Prime Minister of Armenia, as well as other officials visit Yerablur memorial to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers who lost their lives defending the country. This year on January 28, President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, as well as the Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II, National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan, members of the National Security Council, top military officials from the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces, visited Yerablur Military Pantheon to pay homage to the memory of the Armenian heroes. Pashinyan laid flowers at the tombs of the soldiers who perished in the Four-Day War in April, 2016, as well as of late Defense Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and military commander and statesman, fedayi Andranik Ozanyan. The PM laid a wreath at the Memorial to Fallen Freedom Fighters. Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) President Bako Sahakyan, accompanied by the Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, and top officials visited the Stepanakert Memorial Complex. The Artsakh leader laid flowers at the memorial to the victims of World War II, the tombs of the Artsakh Liberation War martyrs and the monument to the missing freedom fighters. 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 | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |