Armed Forces of Armenia facts for kids

The Emblem of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia is the Army, Air Defense, and Border Guard. Some parts were formed out of the former Soviet forces in the Armenian SSR.

The Commander-in-Chief of the military is the President of Armenia, currently Robert Kocharyan. The Ministry of Defense is in charge of political leadership. It is currently headed by Mikael Harutyunyan. Military command is in the hands of the General Staff, headed by the Chief of Staff, who is Lieutenant-General Seyran Ohanyan. Armenia established a Ministry of Defense on 28 January 1992. The Border guards purpose is to patrol Armenia's borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan, while Russian troops continue to watch its borders with Iran and Turkey.

Related pages

• Military history of Armenia
• Armenian Army
• Armenian Air Defense
• Armenian Border Guard

Images for kids

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  Armenian soldiers in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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  Snipers during a field exercise (2004)

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  Armenian Air Force Su-25's during a military parade in Yerevan.

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  Contingent from the Armed Forces of Armenia on Red Square in 2015.

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  Vladimir Putin during his visit to the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia.

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  Armenian troops before loading onto a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise.

See also

In Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Armenia para niños