YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. “Shant 2015” planned Military Command and Staff Exercises imply alerts, gatherings, and evacuations. Press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in his talk with “Armenpress” that the population must treat with consciousness that there can be large scale exercises including alerts, gatherings and evacuations.

“There is no need to give in to panic, of course there is tension on the border but there are also large scale exercises in the framework of which alerts, gatherings, evacuations and other events may be held.”, added Artsrun Hovhannisyan.

On September 3 “Shant 2015” Military Command and Staff Exercises started in Armenia.

The nationwide event “Shant 2015” Exercises are aimed at raising the level of state’s immediate preparation for defense, military and state bodies mobilization preparedness in repulsing the act of aggression, rechecking the ability of bringing to high degree of readiness and raising the level of harmony in cooperation and actions.

Taking into account the military and political situation surrounding Armenia, the scenario of the Exercises includes а fictious rival and the situation is maximally adapted to reality.