Armenian Armed Forces reserve officers can rejoin service without  losing their military pension

ArmInfo. The National Assembly of Armenia adopted amendments to the laws "On Military  Service and the Status of a Serviceman" and "On State Pensions" in the first reading during an extraordinary session on October 31.

According to Armen Khachatryan, the co-author of the presented  document and a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of  Armenia from the ruling "Civil Contract" faction, the package  includes provisions provides for the return of reserve officers to  military service while allowing them to retain their military  pensions. Corresponding contracts will be signed with these officers  for service in specific military units. The proposed initiative, as  the deputy noted, is intended to make military service under a  contract more appealing and to generate greater interest in it.   Accordingly, the right to receive a military pension for length of  service is  proposed to be retained for reservists not above the rank  of lieutenant colonel who return to military service in units  determined by the Minister of Defense.

In turn, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Suren  Papikyan noted that the package provides for filling military  positions in middle and lower ranks. As expected, the package will be  adopted in the second and final reading today.