Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs honor memory of police officers  killed in  44-day war 

ArmInfo.  Armenian Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan, along with senior officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the police, laid flowers at the  memorial wall honoring the police officers who died for their  homeland and on duty during the 44-day war around Artsakh in the fall  of 2020.

According to the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Internal  Affairs, on the same day,  the Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister  of Health Anahit Avanesyan, and the leadership of the Ministry of  Internal Affairs and the police visited the grave of Colonel Armen  Vardanyan, commander of the 1033rd Police Unit and holder of the  Order of the Combat Cross, First Class, in Echmiadzin to participate  in the funeral ceremony and honor his memory. The Armenian Ministry  of Internal Affairs recalled that during the 44- day war in the fall  of 2020, on November 7, 39 police officers were killed under the  command of Colonel Armen Vardanyan. Overall, 43 police officers lost  their lives defending the homeland during the 44-day war. "Eternal  glory to all police officers who died for the homeland and while on  duty," the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.