ArmInfo. The Armenian government adopted a number of decisions aimed at implementing the concept of "Nation-Army". During the cabinet meeting on April 12, acting Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan stressed that today an important, fourth step towards the implementation of the concept of "Nation-Army" is taking place.
The first step, according to Sargsyan, was ideological and proceeded from the speeches and instructions of the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, as well as the government's program of action and concerned the construction of the army and the strengthening of the society-army connection. The second step, according to the minister - legal, the third is a modernization program, which is a practical roadmap for the development of the army for the next 7 years. "We are making the fourth important step today, I brought six blocks of decisions to today's meeting, with which we are introducing concrete programs for the practical transition to this ideology," Sargsyan said.
In this regard, the Armenian government has established procedures for the transition to military service during training in higher education institutions, the receipt of a deferment, the conditions for granting a re- suspension; the amount of bonuses for demobilized servicemen and a number of other normative documents. The government also established a list of diseases that determine the degree of suitability of a citizen for military service, and made an appropriate decision that will ensure the procedure for passing a medical examination, in which, according to the head of the military department, corruption risks are reduced.