YEREVAN. - Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia Movses Hakobyan wishes draft deferment to be downright abolished. 

At the Central Assembly Point of the Armenian Defense Ministry on Saturday, the journalists inquired from Hakobyan what changes are needed to better organize the draft process.

''First I would like everyone to be drafted and the draft deferment to be downright abolished. I would like attention to be paid to the health of pre-draft age boys, since large number of boys are drafted, who have certain diseases, while some are given a draft deferment for a long-term treatment, and, why not, are later dismissed from army for being unfit. Of course, this is a nationwide event. I think in the near future you will witness actions carried out in this direction,'' Hakobyan said.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces also assured that they are trying to remove all the gaps.

The 2017 summer draft was launched on Saturday.