On the 25th of January, 2010 the RA Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan in the Yerevan State University met the professors, lecturers and students of higher educational institutions. Greeting the participants of the event the Minister briefly talked about the history of the creation of the RA Armed Forces and the stages of its development. Seyran Ohanyan underlined that the army was formed in wartime and that in May, 1994 after the armistice, a new quality army-building process began. As a result of this now we have an efficient and regular army – the guarantee of peace for the people of Armenia.

Showing the importance of the youth, in his speech Seyran Ohanyan talked about strengthening the army-student linkage, about the issues of the military-patriotic education of the youth and about the work done and planned to be done for this purpose. The Minister also touched upon the reforms executed in the National Army and other important issues of the army life. Then Seyran Ohanyan answered the questions that interested those present, which mostly referred to the process of settling the NKR conflict, the possibility of restarting the war, the issue of recruiting all the 18 years old RA male citizens and other matters. The Minister of Defence gave comprehensive and satisfying answers. At the end of the meeting a number of university representatives were awarded with departmental medals, certificates and valuable gifts for military-patriotic education, for their input in strengthening the army-student linkage and in the light of the 18th anniversary of the Army. RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs