YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. On September 1,President Serzh Sargsyan sent a telegram of condolence to Dalibaltyans family on the occasion of the decease of Colonel-General Gurgen Dalibaltayan.

“It was with deep sorrow that I learned about the decease of the renowned military figure, Colonel-General Gurgen Dalibaltayan.

It is impossible to renounce Gurgen Dalibaltayan’s investment in the creation and development of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, army building. His name is inseparably from the preparation and implementation of the most crucial military operations during the Artsakh war.

Being the first Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and the long term chief military inspector of the President of the Republic, the renowned commander invested all his knowledge and decades of experience in our national liberation war and in the victories of the Armenian army.

I express my heartfelt condolences to you, your relatives, friends and Dalibaltayan’s fellow friends”, as “Armenpress” was informed, reads the telegram of condolence of the President of the Republic of Armenia.