The solemn event dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the RA Armed Forces, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Greece, the High Officer of the Greek Defense Ministry and the Higher Officer of the Greek Ministry of Defense, was held on February 4. Deputies of the National Assembly, more than two dozen ambassadors and diplomats, military attachés, representatives of the Greek-Armenian community, as well as public figures and representatives of the Greek-Armenian community.
RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Tigran Mkrtchyan and RA military attaché Armen Mirzabekyan made a welcoming speeches in Greece. RA Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan congratulated the 33rd anniversary of the RA Armed Forces, noting that the Armenian army is one of the most important factors of the RA sovereignty and independence, the more strong and strong the state, the strong and self-sufficient state. The Ambassador added that the programs of reforms and modernization of the Armed Forces are aimed at increasing Armenia's defense capabilities.
Referring to the Armenian-Greek friendly relations, the RA Ambassador touched upon the strong relations between the Ministries of Defense of Armenia and Greece and the cooperation that includes larger scales, from regular high-level meetings to military exercises and special training courses. In this context, a special reference was made to the Armenia-Greece-Cyprus trilateral cooperation. He also relevant to the military training of Armenian soldiers for many years in the Greek military academies. The Ambassador specifically thanked the General Staff and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet Armenia's request to address the losses of floods in the northern and northeastern regions of Armenia and to provide three bridges to Armenia.
The ambassador of the day was spoke and paid tribute to the memory of the martyr military and volunteers who died as a result of the 2020 Azerbaijani aggression, who was a graduate of the Greek "Eugpidon" military Academy. The RA Ambassador also mentioned the loss of Armen Saghoyan's family killed in 1994, assessing the presence of relatives at the event.
Summarizing his speech, he said that today we would like to note that today we have invited Greek-Armenian composer Miran Jalikyan to present a number of Armenian works, the first of which will be created by the great Armenian ethnographer Hayrik Muradyan in the 1970s. Dream My Country "song, which is a dad duty living in Soviet Armenia, who is survivoring in Soviet Armenia, a dream of his homeland. At that time, he did not imagine that the Dream Country Armenia would become an independent republic in 1991 that his song will be the anthem of the Armenian Armed Forces. And in order for our country not to turn on the "dream of my country" is our duty and responsibility to do everything possible to protect the independence of the Republic of Armenia. And the first impossible of this sacred mission is the Armenian Armed Forces. "
RA military attaché Armen Mirzabekyan made a welcoming speech, noting the process of expanding the directions of new military cooperation from military education, which is being reconstructed by the guidelines set by the RA Security Council. The RA military attaché also noted that all these reforms have one common goal, to have a strong army that can protect and maintain the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia. The military attaché noted in the multilateral reform process, the role of international partner countries, featuring Greece in this primary context. Summing up his speech, the military attaché considered Greece to cooperate as cooperation without borders. Cooperation where the word "no" is almost absent.
Then the Nostalgia ensemble performed musical performances, followed by a reception.
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Greece
