The Belarusian people also get acquainted with the concept of "Azg-Banak"
Official visit of the delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan to the Republic of Belarus has kicked off. On the morning of November 28, Armenian-Belarusian talks were held after the official welcoming ceremony. Welcoming the guests, Belarusian Defense Minister, lieutenant general Andrei Ravkov expressed conviction that the visit of the Armenian Defense Minister will be a boost for the development of bilateral relations. According to Belarussian Defense Minister, the positive results of the cooperation between the two states are visible in a number of domains: political, economic, cultural. So, it is necessary to deepen cooperation in the defense domain as well. Vigen Sargsyan, in his turn, thanked for the invitation and expressed confidence that the Armenian-Belarusian relations in the defense sphere have great potential. Minister Sargsyan introduced large-scale reforms in the armed forces, recent legislative initiatives on military service and the Azg-Banak (Nation-Army) concept. At the end of the meeting, the Defense Ministers of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Belarus signed a number of documents, including the "Program of Cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus for 2018."
