President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian today signed the law on declaring amnesty for persons who avoided regular military call-up for fixed-term military service or alternative military service, as reported the Staff of the President of Armenia.

According to this law, amnesty shall be declared for male citizens of the compositions of privates having attained the age of 27 and reserve officers having attained the age of 35 who avoided compulsory military service or alternative service and male citizens suspected, accused of committing a criminal offense to avoid fixed-term military service or alternative service or convicted of committing the criminal offense.