Hero's birthday celebrated at Monte Melkonian Military College
25 November, 2019 17:52On November 24, a solemn event was held on the occasion of the 62nd birthday of Monte Melkonyan, the national hero of Armenia, the hero of Artsakh.
According to tradition, the solemn ceremony of students’ oath admitted to the college in 2019 also took place near the Monte Melkonyan statue.
The event was attended by representatives of the Defence Ministry, members of the Board of Trustees of the Monte Melkonian Military Training Foundation, and relatives of Monte.
The participants were welcomed by Deputy Defence Minister Gabriel Balayan, who urged the students of the educational complex to uphold the honor of Monte Melkonian, a national hero of Armenia and a hero of Artsakh, and to be worthy of the Monte title, wishing the students effective education, boundless energy and firmness of purposes.