ArmInfo. The reforms and programs initiated under the former minister of defense will be continued, if necessary, they will be corrected, they will be improved. The Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan stated in the conversation with journalists.
This applies to programs like "Honor I have" and "This is me," as well as the Social Security Fund for military personnel and their families. "At the moment I see no basis for stopping the activities of this fund," the minister said.
At the same time, he stressed that some adjustments will be made to the law on the abolition of the postponement of compulsory military service. "Although I think that the number of conscripts receiving a deferment, even in this case, does not increase significantly." Earlier, thousands of conscripts addressed the deferment, now their number has decreased by several times," the minister said.
Tonoyan did not comment on the statement of the head of the National Security Council Armen Grigoryan about the inexpediency of further implementation of the concept of "Nation-Army", again noting that the programs will be continued with some adjustments. "This also applies to the 7-year concept on the development of the defense sector, and periodically it will be amended, it will be improved, but we will adhere to it," the minister said.