Monday, May 28 2018 11:44

ArmInfo. The son of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan Ashot said that he decided to serve in the Defense Army of Karabakh. He said this in a video message on the page of the head of government in Facebook. Pashinyan also appealed to compatriots of conscription age living abroad.

According to Nikol Pashinyan, after his son turned 18, he decided to  return to Armenia, and, according to the law, will go on military  service. "My son Ashot entered the University of Tartu in 2016, and  when I returned to Yerevan in January 2018, we all decided that he  would not return there, because in March 2018 he turned 18, and he  should go to military service in Armenia, and now with the first  appeal Ashot will go on an urgent service to pay his debt to the  Motherland, "he said in a video message.  Ashot Pashinyan, in his  turn, stated that he made a decision to apply to serve in the Artsakh  Republic. "I have always held the opinion that the establishment of  peace in the Artsakh conflict is in the hands of the Armenians, and  the only effective way is to strengthen the Artsakh army, and on the  basis of human and civic duty I decided to contribute to this  peaceful path and the Armenian army, he declared.

At the same time, the Armenian Prime Minister appealed to all those  liable for military service who are abroad, who are already 18, but  have not yet turned 27 years old. Recalling that the summer appeal  begins on July 1, he called on the conscripts to return to Armenia  within the next 10-20 days and go on urgent military service "in  order to fulfill their duty to their homeland." With the same appeal,  he also appealed to those young men who live in Armenia, who, through  co-operation or acquaintance, received a postponement from military  service on medical indicators. "New Armenia is not for such ways," he  said.