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ARMENIA NEGOTIATES PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN
Armenpress
May 29 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian authorities indicated today
they are planning to step up the country's international peacekeeping
mission and are negotiating with counterparts in Greece and Great
Britain the possibility of dispatching a non-combat platoon of medics
and liaison officers to Afghanistan.
The news came from Mikael Melkonian, head of a defense ministry's
department in charge of external relationships and defense programs.
He said before Armenia could dispatch medics to the volatile country,
the parliament in Yerevan should pass a relevant decision. He said
this a time consuming process and piles of documents must be developed
and passed.
Armenia already has a 32-member platoon in Kosovo and a non-combat
platoon of 46 medics, truck drivers and sappers in Iraq.
Melkonian said Armenia is ready to double the number of troops
in Kosovo.
Armenpress
May 29 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian authorities indicated today
they are planning to step up the country's international peacekeeping
mission and are negotiating with counterparts in Greece and Great
Britain the possibility of dispatching a non-combat platoon of medics
and liaison officers to Afghanistan.
The news came from Mikael Melkonian, head of a defense ministry's
department in charge of external relationships and defense programs.
He said before Armenia could dispatch medics to the volatile country,
the parliament in Yerevan should pass a relevant decision. He said
this a time consuming process and piles of documents must be developed
and passed.
Armenia already has a 32-member platoon in Kosovo and a non-combat
platoon of 46 medics, truck drivers and sappers in Iraq.
Melkonian said Armenia is ready to double the number of troops
in Kosovo.