RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan considers it possible that the sovereign territories of RA, which came under the control of Azerbaijan during the rule of the "Civil Agreement" faction, will be restored. "Of course, I see a possibility. Through the work of the Demarcation and Demarcation Commission," Suren Papikyan said in a conversation with journalists in the parliament.
And with the project to shorten the mandatory military service in Armenia, Papikyan assures that he is not trying to help his own political team during the 2026 election campaign. "The claims about reducing the army have nothing to do with reality," Defense Minister Suren Papikyan announced today at the discussion of the project in the National Assembly, explaining, "In 1.5 years, we will conscript the same number of people into the army, they will simply serve 1.5 years. After 1.5 years, the part of the two conscriptions that did not sign a contract will be demobilized. After another 1.5 years, all 4 conscripts will be in the army again, just serving for 1.5 years. It's a simple calculation, I'm not distorting anything." "The army is not being reduced," the minister repeats, "that's stupid arithmetic, it's not complicated."
