Defense Minister: No justification for soldiers’ deaths
January 28, 2012 – 16:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian armed forces general staff keeps grappling
with the issue of tragic incidents in the army, according to Armenian
Defense Minister.
`Soldiers’ death cases can neither be justified nor mitigated,’ Seyran
Ohanyan said during a general staff sitting dedicated to the 20th
anniversary of the 20th anniversary of the Armenian army formation.
Dwelling on the outcomes of 2011, Armenian Military Prosecutor Gevorg
Kostanyan, in turn, noted that in 2011 the number of soldiers’ deaths
decreased to 36 against 54 in 2010.
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