YEREVAN. – President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia (RA), Serzh Sargsyan, delivered remarks at Monday’s start of the operational meetings of the Armed Forces commanding staff.

Also, Sargsyan reflected on the escalation of tension on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact in the year past as well as on the situation in Armenia’s neighborhood, the Presidential Press Office informed.

“At the end of the year, the RA Armed Forces received qualitatively new weapons and future supply guarantees,” the President said, in particular. “What’s more important is that we have developed a new concept to ‘restrain armed confrontation,’ with your use of the term.” 

The President made several other proposals and gave relevant instructions to the participants in these operational meetings.

In addition, Serzh Sargsyan responded to a variety of questions posed by those in attendance.