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VETERANS KEEP INCREASING IN ARMENIA
A1+
[04:12 pm] 06 July, 2007
The number of Great Patriotic War veterans keeps increasing in Armenia,
RA National Statistic Service (NSS) reports. According to the service
there were 2142 veterans in Armenian in 2000, 3688 - in 2001 and 7979 -
in 2005.
According to Narine Musheghyan, the head of the NSS Marketing and
Communication Department, they got the data from the RA Ministry of
Labor and Social Issues.
Hrant Hovhannisian, the head of the RA War and Armed Forces Veterans
Department, states that the number of veterans is decreasing in
Armenia. And this is quite logical taking into consideration their age.
"There were 20 000 veterans in Armenian in 1990. Then all of a sudden
most of them died and their number fell to 11 000 in 1991. Today
there are 6500 veterans in Armenia," he said.
The number of veterans has considerably decreased in Armenia, Ashot
Abrahamyan, the head of the RA Social Insurance Foundation (SIF),
told A1+. He declined to comment on the NSS data.
According to the SIF, there were 11647 veterans in 2000 and 12013 -
in 2001. Then the foundation observed decrease. It seemed to us that
the SIF Chairman was unaware of the real figures.
A1+
[04:12 pm] 06 July, 2007
The number of Great Patriotic War veterans keeps increasing in Armenia,
RA National Statistic Service (NSS) reports. According to the service
there were 2142 veterans in Armenian in 2000, 3688 - in 2001 and 7979 -
in 2005.
According to Narine Musheghyan, the head of the NSS Marketing and
Communication Department, they got the data from the RA Ministry of
Labor and Social Issues.
Hrant Hovhannisian, the head of the RA War and Armed Forces Veterans
Department, states that the number of veterans is decreasing in
Armenia. And this is quite logical taking into consideration their age.
"There were 20 000 veterans in Armenian in 1990. Then all of a sudden
most of them died and their number fell to 11 000 in 1991. Today
there are 6500 veterans in Armenia," he said.
The number of veterans has considerably decreased in Armenia, Ashot
Abrahamyan, the head of the RA Social Insurance Foundation (SIF),
told A1+. He declined to comment on the NSS data.
According to the SIF, there were 11647 veterans in 2000 and 12013 -
in 2001. Then the foundation observed decrease. It seemed to us that
the SIF Chairman was unaware of the real figures.