Defense minister stands up for arming Armenia border residentsMarch 30, 2017 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The proposal to arm residents of Armenia's border areas is a correct one, with the defense ministry working on it for quite some time, minister Vigen Sargsyan said in an interview on Shant TV. “Under the prime minister’s decision, an interdepartmental commission of border communities has been created,” Sargsyan said. “Of course, it is clear that weapons entail certain dangers and problems, but we do have the necessary regulations.” "We have already launched an intensive program of assembling and training home guards in border communities,” the minister said, expressing his surprise over women’s determination who insist on their participating in all programs. According to the minister, “a more simplified system must be employed to provide border residents with hunting weapons at the very least.” Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. IDBank issues 2nd tranche of dollar bonds of 2024 On May 13, 2024, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2PER9. Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. |