YEREVAN, July 22. /ARKA/. Armenia needs such an army, such a state and society that can ensure an unconditional victory to it, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Monday as he attended the military educational institutions’ 2018-2019 academic year graduation ceremony at the Defense Ministry headquarters.
The premier congratulated the students on graduating from military educational institutions and being awarded the rank of officer, the press office of the government reports.
Nikol Pashinyan handed out graduation certificates to a group of students.
“We need such an army, such a state and society that can make the potential adversaries realize that fighting with us makes no sense, since any war waged against us is doomed to failure as it will lead to the unconditional victory of the Republic of Armenia, its people and its armed forces,” he is quoted by the government’s press office as saying at the ceremony.
Stressing that Armenia is a pacifist state, the premier said that its armed forces are the main guarantors of peace.
“The Chinese military strategy believes that talented generals win without a war, and we need such peace,” he said. “And all of us, irrespective of our uniform, are dedicated to these victories, and each of us, from the National Assembly and to the House of the Government, should serve this noble mission. We all wear the epaulettes of our people, our history, our ancestors, our descendants. Long live those who wear these epaulettes with dignity.” -0—