Defense ministry to create new agency to deal with various issues of veterans, former servicemen

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s defense ministry plans to establish a new agency in the future which will deal with social, financial, healthcare and other issues of veterans, war volunteers, former servicemen and soldiers of army reserve, Defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan told reporters in Armenpress.

“This new agency will be called “General Department for healthcare, social protection issues of soldiers and veterans”. The ministry will gather its whole potential in this department and will try to help the former servicemen, war volunteers and their families”, he said.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan