STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on October 6 signed a decree on the 2012 fall military draft and discharge.

Pursuant to the decree, a compulsory military draft will be conducted—between the months of October and December—for those male citizens of NKR who turn eighteen years of age before the day of the draft, and for those citizens who have lost their military-draft-postponement right, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President informs.

Also in compliance with the decree, those military servicemen who have served their compulsory military service within the specified period will be discharged between the aforesaid months.

The NKR Cabinet of Ministers has been assigned to adopt within two weeks a corresponding resolution to carry out this decree.