Armenian deputy defence minister names principles of military reform

Armenian deputy defence minister names principles of military reform

Mediamax news agency
12 Apr 05

YEREVAN

The leadership of the Armenian armed forces is planning to set up by
2015 an army “that will meet the requirements of the 21st century,
confront new challenges and wholly ensure the military security of the
state”, Armenian Deputy Defence Minister Lt-Gen Artur Agabekyan said
in his address to a seminar dedicated to work on the Individual
Partnership Action Plan [IPAP] between Armenia and NATO in Yerevan
today.

Agabekyan said that Armenia’s military leadership intends to study and
analyse foreign experience in the sphere of military reforms, their
results and consequences.

The Armenian deputy defence minister named the four main principles
that the Defence Ministry will use as a guide in the process of
reforms:

– The realistic nature of the reform;

– The gradual character of the reform;

– Flexibility and deep analysis;

– Democracy.