Armenian Defense Minister Attends NATO Sitting in Brussels

On February 27, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan participated in the meeting of the Defense Ministers of the countries contributing to NATO-led operation in Afghanistan and the sitting of the Euro-Atlantic Council dedicated to issues of defense capacity development and cyber crimes.

During the sitting, the participants discussed the ISAF mission which is coming to an end in 2014 and the new initiatives to be launched from 2015.

Within the framework of the visit to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Mr. Ohanyan took part in the commemoration ceremony dedicated to the 26th anniversary of the Sumgait massacre against the Armenians in Azerbaijan.

Source: Public Radio of Armenia

Armenian Defense Minister’s helicopter reportedly comes under Azeri fire

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan arrived in the military unit in Noyemberyan at about 11 a.m. this morning.

The Azerbaijani air forces opened fire at the Defense Minister's helicopter, aravot.am reports, citing eyewitness accounts.

Minister Ohanyan spent about two hours in the military unit, where a soldier was killed last week. He returned to Yerevan on the same helicopter, the paper informs.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan neither confirmed, nor refuted the information about the shooting. He said only there were no traces of bullets helicopter.