Foreign policy & security

Edvard Asryan leads gathering of Defense Ministry and army leadership

Foreign policy & security. Photo: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, cropped
Photo: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, cropped

From November 9 to 13, an operational gathering of the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces was held at the administrative complex of Armenia's Ministry of Defense, led by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Edvard Asryan. According to the Ministry of Defense, the gathering was held in line with the Armed Forces training plan for the 2026 academic year. During the gathering, lectures were delivered and seminars were held with the participation of deputy ministers and deputy chiefs of the General Staff, heads of departments, instructors of military educational institutions and specialists from defense industry organizations.

Coverage timeline

First to report: 24news.am10:37Opposition

Pro-government 3 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 14 min later
Balanced 4 / 13 First: Infocom, the same minute
Opposition 6 / 20 First: 24news.am, 10:37
Timeline as a list
  1. 24news.am (Opposition)
  2. Infocom (Balanced)
  3. News.am (Opposition)
  4. Ararat News (Balanced)
  5. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  6. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  7. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  8. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  9. Mediahub (Opposition)
  10. 1in.am (Balanced)
  11. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  12. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  13. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)

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