ArmInfo.The issue of combining the Ministry of Emergency Situations with the Police is not yet on the agenda. The Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia David Tonoyan stated this on June 30 in a conversation with journalists in the Armenian parliament, answering the question for whom such a ministry is being created.
"We have not even discussed anything concrete yet. It is simple in the world practice to distribute the management of emergencies to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But we have not conducted specific discussions yet," he stressed.
Meanwhile, speaking at the discussion of the report on the implementation of the state budget for 2016 in permanent parliamentary commissions, Tonoyan said that the goal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia is readiness for civil defense in the event of military operations. At the same time, he noted that the structures of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will do their best not only to neutralize the threats, but also to transfer military operations to the territory of the enemy.
At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Emergency informed that in the border with Azerbaijan, 10 points are created in Tavush region civil defense. According to him, last year they were created in 2 villages, in this year - 8. The points are almost completely equipped, and personnel of the Ministry for Emergency Situations monitors their readiness for a possible development of events.