YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sarhsyan commended new defense minister Vigen Sargsayn for his work.

Speaking during the congress of the ruling RPA party, he said “Sargsyan’s start was not bad”.

The President said they had agreed to achieve progress on ​​procurement, military education and the work of military medical structures in addition to solving the problems of the army.

“The army can become the locomotive of the economy. The funds allocated for the needs of the army should be spent as much as possible in Armenia - from foodstuff to building materials, from weapons to the software. We must give a priority to the Armenian production as much as possible,” President said, adding that this first of all refers to IT sector.