ArmInfo.Armenia's Minister of Defense Arshak Karapetyan hosted Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan Martina Schmidt.
The press service of the Ministry of Defense reports that the sides discussed issues of the second phase of the CE-sponsored Human rights and Women in the Armed Forces in Armenia program. The sides highlighted further implementation of the programs and development of new cooperation fields.
The program facilitates the exercise of servicemen's rights and fundamental freedoms, arwareness-raising and equal rights for servicewomen.
The program also affords ampler education opportunities to servicemen, effective implementation of the Ombudsman-proposed strategy, as well as expert assistance in studying and improving the laws related to social and healthcare rights of servicemen and their families, service-disabled veterans and the families of killed or missing servicemen.