ArmInfo. Vigen Sargsyan, Armenian defense Minister, came out with a message to the Army and to the Society in respect to May holidays.
Congratulating either soldiers and society due to May holidays, the minister stressed the recent accidents in the army, in the result of which Armenian Military Forces had casualties. ''All three accidents are the result of our being not attentive and failing to perform our official duties properly," the Minister said. Of course, due to all three incidents an official investigation will be held, and all the guilty officers will be strictly punished. " Our rules are not written only for pro forma. Speeding up, wekaning the observance, leaving the military base and others - all these cases could turn into serious incidents. We are obliged to cancel such cases, to cut any option of those growing serious, to protect our national existence," the Minister stated.
He noted, that the enemy does its best to cause pain and troubles to our families, to our society. " That is why we should be extremely careful ant not to increase such probability. Remeber that every accident destroys the trust of the society in army. This could weaken us, could apart us from the idea of Army- Nation, to make people avoid militarys service," the Minister mentioned.