ARMENIA NEGOTIATES PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN
Armenpress
May 29 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian authorities indicated today
they are planning to step up the country’s international peacekeeping
mission and are negotiating with counterparts in Greece and Great
Britain the possibility of dispatching a non-combat platoon of medics
and liaison officers to Afghanistan.
The news came from Mikael Melkonian, head of a defense ministry’s
department in charge of external relationships and defense programs.
He said before Armenia could dispatch medics to the volatile country,
the parliament in Yerevan should pass a relevant decision. He said
this a time consuming process and piles of documents must be developed
and passed.
Armenia already has a 32-member platoon in Kosovo and a non-combat
platoon of 46 medics, truck drivers and sappers in Iraq.
Melkonian said Armenia is ready to double the number of troops
in Kosovo.