YEREVAN. – There was a corresponding announcement about the military exercises. Deputy Defense Minister Arman Sargsyan on Monday told this to reporters in the National Assembly of Armenia.

The deputy minister added that each military exercise has its objective, which is the assessment of security, defense capability, general use of resources, and so on. "I can say that the Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces of Armenia are in control of the situation at the moment, too. The steps to create panicky moods, to question the combat-readiness of the army do not help in any way to strengthen the combat-readiness of the army," he said.