June 28, 2008 - 15:27 AMT
Armenia to send medical officers and field engineers to Afghanistan
Armenia will send medical officers and field engineers to Afghanistan, said Samvel Mkrtchyan, head of the Armenian delegation to NATO.

"Armenia doesn't intend to send peacekeeping forces to Afghanistan, but presence of medical officers and field engineers is very important," he said adding that the Armenian mission will serve within a foreign battalion. "Negotiations are underway," he added, Novosti Armenia reports.