YEREVAN.- Armenian military officials and representatives of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan laid a wreath at the memorial to the Unknown Soldier to mark Defenders of the Fatherland Day.

Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, Chief of Staff of the Armenian Army, Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov, Russian Ambassador Vyacheslav Kovalenko, representatives of the Armed Forces and the Embassy participated in the ceremony.

The ceremony ended with a solemn march of Armenian and Russian servicemen.

On February 23 CIS states, including Armenia, celebrate Defenders of the Fatherland Day.