Religious ministers to serve in military basesSeptember 22, 2011 - 20:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Military priests joined the ranks of the Russian military bases in Armenia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and the Black Sea Fleet. They will be appointed to service as assistants to commanders, to work with believer servicemen, Interfax quotes Lieutenant Colonel Igor Gorbul, head of the press service of the Southern Military Region (SMR) as saying. “Military priests in military units will settle spiritual, moral issues and keep order and discipline,” Gorbul said. It is noteworthy, that on September 21 in the military parade in Yerevan on the occasion of the Armenia’s independence 20th priests ministering at the Armenian army marched in a separate column. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |