POLICE, NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICERS AWARDED MEDALS, DIPLOMAS
YEREVAN, June 21. /ARKA/. Police, national security and prosecutorial
officers have been awarded medals and diplomas on the occasion of the
13th anniversary of the internal troops of Armenia. RA President
Robert Kocharyan issued a decree awarding the Battle Service Medal to
the police officers: Captain Valery Khoderyan, Major Shavalla
Karopyan, Lieutenant-Colonel Leva Vardoyev, Colonel Mikael Khachatryan
(posthumously). Vice-Chief of the RA Police, Major-General Grigor
Grigoryan received diplomas from RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan.
RA minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan issued an order awarding the
Marshal Baghramyan Medal to Vice-Chief of the Internal Troops
Department, RA Police, Ashot Nalbandyan. The Andranik Ozanyan Medal
has been awarded to Vice-Chief of the RA Police, Commander of the RA
Police Troops, Major-General Grigor Grigoryan. The Drastamat Kanayan
Medal was awarded to Colonel Merjabar Abramyan. The Garegin Mzhde
Medal was awarded to Colonel Artur Mkrtichyan.
The Medal for Combat Collaboration has been awarded to Colonel Hamlet
Mkrtichyan for contributing to Armenia’s security and to cooperation
between the RA national security bodies and the RA Police.
Chief of the RA Police Hayk Harutyunyan issued an order awarding the
Medal of the RA Police for Cooperation to Major-General Artush
Harutyunyan for cooperation and assistance to various police
structures. A Breastplate First Class for Excellent Service in Police
Troops has been awarded to RA Military Prosecutor Gagik Jhangiryan,
Chief of the Department of Military Counterintelligence, Ra National
Security Service, Major-General Rafael Zagharyan and to his assistant
Colonel Mnatsakan Bazikyan.
A personal pistol was presented to Commander of a special battalion,
RA Police Troops, guarding the Armenian nuclear power plant,
Lieutenant-Colonel Karen Kuibyshev Stepanyan. P.T. -0–