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    DEFENSE MINISTRY TO HAVE OWN THINK TANK

    ArmenPress
    May 31 2004

    YEREVAN, MAY 31, ARMENPRESS: The official start to the construction
    of the National Institute for Strategic Researches, affiliated with
    Armenian defense ministry, was held today. The new establishment will
    carry the name of Drastamat Kanayan, a prominent Armenian military
    leader.

    Addressing the present, defense minister Serzh Sarkisian said the
    idea to build such an establishment ripened after Kanayan's relatives,
    living in the USA, arrived in Armenia to propose to build the institute
    on funds they were going to raise.

    Sarkisian said the idea was welcomed, "as being located in a
    complicated geo-political environment Armenia did not have for
    centuries opportunities to conduct national policy and build supporting
    establishments." He said having in mind Armenia's ongoing integration
    with international organizations, its boosting relations with Russia
    and the USA, the need of such an establishment is growing day by day.

    According to the defense minister, the primary goal of the new
    institute will be to provide divisions of the national security
    council, in the first place the defense ministry, with qualified
    consulting, conducting of special researches and training of
    personnel. A total of $600,000 were raised to build the new think-tank.
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