ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
Friday
Armenian President: NSS should work as a good clock mechanism - 24
hours 7 days a week
Yerevan December 22
Marianna Mkrtchyan. The National Security Service of Armenia should
work as a good clock mechanism - 24 hours 7 days a week. This was
stated by the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the solemn
meeting dedicated to the Day of the National Security Officer.
The president stated that in the rooms of the staff of the structure
the light burns until late in the evening. And, in this context, he
added that he is perfectly aware of everything, since he is focusing
on issues related to the national security of the country. "I am sure
that the NSS staff fulfill their obligations with high responsibility
and professionalism. Our course, our steps to confront the existing
challenges were consonant with positive results, but we should not be
satisfied with the achievements in the sphere of National Security .It
is obvious that internal and external challenges are not are reduced,
but on the contrary they become more multifaceted and sometimes even
disguised, "the Armenian leader said, and in this context stressed
that the current international and regional military-political leader
The situation remains tense.
According to him, Armenia is involved in this large-scale and
consolidated process, both from the point of view of ensuring its own
security and ensuring guarantees of cooperation with other states with
partners.
At the same time, the Armenian President stated that due to timely
operational intelligence activities, the employees of the Organs
managed to prevent both terrorist threats and closely related criminal
manifestations. He also added that international experts, in the
coming years, do not predict a decline in terrorist threats. "From
this point of view, Armenia has always been considered a relatively
safe country, but we can not exclude that in connection with our
geopolitical situation, specific external environment and increasing
tourist flow, there will be forces that will try to encroach upon
Armenia's security. The fight against this evil in parallel with
vigilance is necessary to work closely with our allies and other
interested services. Our country will be open and tourism is one of
the key directions for the development of our economy Moreover, the
process of liberalizing the visa regime with a number of countries
will be of a long duration, therefore, you should always stay awake, I
believe that you must triple your efforts in the anti- terrorist
sphere and periodically improve methods and means of combating
terrorism, "he said. Sargsyan. At the same time, he stressed that one
of the priority issues on the agenda of the upcoming legislative body
will be a review of the current strategy to combat terrorism - with a
view to modernizing it, harmonizing with current needs and giving it
flexibility.
At the same time, the Armenian leader stressed that the experience of
combating one of the types of terrorism - cyber terrorism - showed
that the threats coming from this sphere also do not become less,
moreover, they show that it is necessary to take the problems of cyber
security more seriously, taking into account the importance , which is
acquired in the ordinary life of information and telecommunications
technology. According to him, this sphere is one of the leading in the
Armenian economy, where there is a serious potential and prospects.
"We have to protect both the physical and digital infrastructures of
our country from criminal forces, only in 2017 you stopped 1.5 million
attempts to hack and attack information structures and official
websites of government agencies. And we certainly are not talking
about microproblems. We are going to look for simple solutions,
restricting freedom of speech or the right to disseminate information.
In Armenia there will be no Internet censorship. I am convinced that
the society in Armenia is so mature that it can solve these
microproblems through self. National security structures must act
within international law and international best practice ", - he said,
and in this context the added importance of international cooperation
on this issue.
The Armenian leader also stressed the importance of providing the
information and communication infrastructure at the micro level.
According to him, the state databases and networks should be protected
in the best way, the interest to which from external criminal forces
is inevitable. Sargsyan believes that such encroachment can be both
from the countries-opponents and organized terrorist groups, and from
the part of individuals, so to speak, "partisans".
At the same time, the Armenian leader stressed that one of the
priorities of the National Security Service of Armenia continues to be
the increase of intelligence and counterintelligence activities.
According to him, it is necessary to work both inside the country, and
maybe abroad. "Summing up the results in this area allows us to talk
about success with some satisfaction, while the existing
military-political situation, the intelligence activity of the main
enemy and the constantly developing communication technologies force
us to be constantly vigilant." Threats that have a qualitatively new
essence require balanced measures of counteraction, "the Armenian
leader said.
He highly appreciated the work done to protect the state borders, and
stated that thanks to the vigilance of the border guards in this area,
positive results are fixed year after year.
At the same time, Sargsyan stated that in recent years the number of
attempts of illegal crossing of the state border by foreigners has
been increasing. "The increase in migration due to regional and global
processes makes it possible to predict that for the transition from
one country to another, different individuals and organizations will
seek new directions for illegal migration. This will also cause
unhealthy interest in our state with the Ministry of Defense and the
Police, to eliminate possible omissions that could facilitate illegal
border crossing, "he said. In Sargsyan's opinion, it is necessary to
take into account that in this matter the slightest omission can be
used by the enemy to carry out sabotage and reconnaissance
penetration.
