YEREVAN. – The Acting Defense Minister of Armenia, Seyran Ohanyan, on Friday met with the 2016-2017 course participants of the Leadership School.

Speaking about the history of the formation of the armed forces of Armenia, Ohanyan stressed that, owing to the armed forces and the defense policy being conducted, the Armenian nation continues its peaceful creative activities for the past 25 years, and ensures the most important accomplishment of these years: the independence of Armenia.

The peculiarities of Armenia’s defense policy, and the reforms that were carried out in the Armenian armed forces over the past years also were presented during the talk.

In addition, the acting defense minister of Armenia reflected on the four-day war which Azerbaijan had unleashed in early April, presented the respective acts heroism by Armenian military servicemen, and spoke about the analyses made and conclusions drawn from this confrontation.