Yerevan. December, 31st. INTERFAX - The Armenian army does not set itself the task of conquering territories in political terms, and ensuring security is the country's biggest challenge, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
"The success of the policy of opening an era of peaceful development for our Homeland and the region is a way to strengthen faith in the future, and no matter how much we realize that it depends not only on us, we will consistently follow this path to change the situation and the atmosphere around the Republic of Armenia and in our region. Ensuring security is our biggest challenge today, and experience shows that the most reliable way to ensure security is peace," Pashinyan said in a New Year's televised address to the people of Armenia.
According to him, in parallel, the key task is the reform of the Armed Forces, the army.
"Armenia should have a professional army, at the same time, more and more women should be involved in it. In the strategic perspective, urgent military service should change significantly, turning into mandatory military training and exercises, which should be held several times in a lifetime with a certain periodicity. I want to emphasize that in political terms, our army does not set itself the task of conquering territories, its task is to protect the security and territorial integrity of our country," Pashinyan said.
He stated that all the steps of the Armenian government are aimed at revival and a peaceful future.
