On February 28, a meeting chaired by Minister of Defence Suren Papikyan was held on “Current problems of military discipline in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, their cause-and-effects and ways of improvement" in N Army Corps.
The commanders of the garrison military unit, their deputies, clergymen, representatives of the regional law enforcement system attended the meeting. In his report, the commander of the Army Corps presented the statistics of the discipline violations in the military unit, the revealed cases which analysis will allow to find new solutions against such incidents.
Minister of Defence Suren Papikyan stressed the importance of excluding the repetition of such incidents and strengthening the fight against non-statutory relations and vicious phenomenon in the Armed Forces. Suren Papikyan emphasized that the most important measure of struggling the vicious phenomenon is to reveal the real causes of the incidents and take preventive decisions.
During the consultative meeting, command staff of the Army Corps also made speeches, presenting the details of combat and non-combat losses, incidents according to the analysis.
The Minister of Defence gave instructions to the command of the garrison military police division to conduct in detail study of every case recorded in the military units and combat positions and to strengthen not only the discipline control, but also to exclude the use of smartphones among servicemen. Minister Papikyan mentioned that relevant efforts will be taken in the future.