Welcoming the attendees and thanking the partners assisting in the implementation of the project, RA Deputy Minister of Defence Arman Sargsyan highly appreciated the effective and reliable cooperation formed, the successful course of which allows us to anticipate the upcoming joint events.

Stressing that one of the key areas of the reforms carried out in the RA Armed Forces is the protection of human rights and the exclusion of non-statutory relations, the development of military education and science, raising awareness of servicemen, expanding the involvement of women in the Armed Forces, modernization of the social protection system of servicemen, Arman Sargsyan noted that cooperation with the Council of Europe in the near future will cover a number of new directions.

The partners of the program are the RA Ministries of Defence and Justice, the Office of the Representative on International Legal Affairs, the staff of the Human Rights Defender, law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations.