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Armenia political elite visits Yerablur Military Pantheon on Army Day

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YEREVAN.- Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan along with President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan, members of the National Security Council, as well as the leadership of the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces on January 28 visited the Yerablur Military Pantheon on the Army Day to pay tribute to the memory of Armenian heroes who gave their lives for the independence of Homeland.

Before that President Sargsyan awarded the high state awards, posthumously awarded to soldiers, to their family members. The awarding ceremony was attended also by the cadets attached to these families, the cadets of the Defense Ministry’s Military Institute after Vazgen Sargsyan, Military-Aviation Institute after Armenak Khanperyants and students of the Monte Melkonyan Military-Training College.

 

Yerevan: Official award ceremony on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the formation of the RA Armed Forces

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Official award ceremony takes place at the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the formation of the RA Armed Forces

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan awarded over two hundred military servicemen and freedom fighters with the highest awards of the Republic of Armenia, medals and orders, and bestowed on them high military ranks for the courage manifested in defending the borders of the Fatherland, valor, boundless dedication, as well as for their contribution to the army building and enhancement of the battle readiness of the troops.

As the Information and Public Relations Department of the RA President’s Office informed Panorama.am, the President of Armenia congratulated the servicemen and the freedom fighters on the occasion of the holiday and on receiving high state awards.

Congratulatory remarks of the RA President Serzh Sargsyan addressed to the awardees is as follows:

“Dear Awardees,

I congratulate you on the occasion of the Army Day and on the receiving the Fatherland’s high awards and ranks.

We are grateful to you for the enormous work you have done and which is called the service to the Fatherland. First, we shall commemorate those immortals who are being awarded today posthumously. We, as a nation, stand by the parents who raised these heroes and send to their families the words of compassion and support.

Those boys fell defending their families, their friends and us all. They fell so that Armenia can live, so that aspirations of our people live on and become a reality. They became immortals and together with us will continue the millennia-long and incessant march of the Armenian nation.

I congratulate those present in this hall and those who in our Armed Forces carry on with the dedicated work of their fallen brothers in arms. Be aware that the Fatherland trusts you and believes in you. We are proud of you; you are the worthy sons of our nation, the power and reliance of our people.”

Armenia marks Army Day

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army dayJanuary 28 is celebrated in Armenia as Army Day, and this year marks the 24th anniversary of the Armenian Armed Forces.

On that day in 1992, the Government of Armenia adopted the decision On the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, and this became the beginning for the formation of the Armenian Armed Forces.

The first phase for the formation of the Armenian army, however, is considered to be from 1988 to 1992, when there was a challenge of ensuring the safety of the people of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. At the time, volunteer detachments were carrying out this task.

In September 1990, the Supreme Council of Armenia adopted a decision on forming a Special Regiment within the Internal Affairs Ministry of the time, and on May 4, 1991, the Committee of Defense was formed, with the Government’s decision.

And on September 25, 2002, the National Assembly made an amendment in the Law on Holidays and Memorial Days, whereby the Army Day became a non-working day in Armenia.

A series of events will be held all through Thursday to mark Army Day.