Tuesday, January 8 2019 16:38

ArmInfo.After the appeal of the Prime Minister of Armenia (Nikol Pashinyan. Ed.), during the summer draft, 140 people more than had been planned, returned, and were  called to the Armed Forces. On January 8, the military commissar,  Major General Heinrich Muradyan, told reporters at the Central  Assembly Point of the Armenian Defense Ministry.

According to him, data on them during the winter draft will be given  after the completion of the draft.

Referring to the applicants on the part of the service within the  framework of the programs "This is me" and "I have the honor", then  Muradyan noted: "We do not include anyone in the lists until we  communicate with parents and do not get their consent. Work on this  part will last until January 26. If after that there are willing,  then we will conclude contracts here and send conscripts to military  units. I think that the number 72 in the framework of the program  "This I" is not final. It will grow, as there are statements that are  under discussion".

But the main innovation of the winter draft in 2019 was that recruits  will be able to carry mobile phones with them, which, however, do not  have the function of photography and video filming and Internet  access.  As stated by the Armenian military commissioner, the  commanding personnel of military units will exercise control in this  matter.

To note, in a video message on May 28, 2018, the son of Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Ashot, stated that he had decided to  do military service in the Karabakh Defense Army. At the same time,  the Prime Minister of Armenia made an appeal to all those in military  service who are abroad, who are already 18, but 27 years old.  Recalling that the summer call begins on July 1, he urged conscripts  to return to Armenia within the next 10-20 days and go to urgent  military service, "to fulfill their duty to their homeland." With a  similar appeal, he also addressed those young men living in Armenia  who, through a pull or an acquaintance, received a deferment from  military service on medical indications. "New Armenia is not for such  ways," he said. Later, Pashinyan stated at the meeting of the Cabinet  that many of the draft dodgers from urgent service are in search of  Armenia and may face legal problems on their return. In this context,  he urged the issue to be resolved in such a way that they, upon  returning to their homeland for service, would not encounter  additional problems. "A person of military age who expressed  willingness to return to Armenia for military service should be able  to sign an obligation immediately upon arrival that he should come to  the military registration and enlistment office in due time. And only  after he violates this obligation to apply certain procedures, "he  pointed out. In response, the head of the Armenian Police Valery  Osipyan assured that an individual approach should be applied to each  recruit. In addition, as Pashinyan said, among these citizens are  specialists who have received higher education abroad. Thus, there is  a reason to use their professional skills for the development of the  Armenian military industry.  Taking this into account, he called on  the head of the RA Ministry of Defense to organize the process in  such a way as to involve them in particular in the development  process of the Armenian military industrial complex.