Pashinyan instructs ministry to take measures to improve discipline in army

At a meeting at the Ministry of Defense, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan instructed the military leadership to take measures to improve discipline in the armed forces, Report informs via Armenian media.

Pashinyan emphasized that permanent efforts and a sequence of steps are needed to eradicate hazing.

On January 9, two incidents were recorded in the 2nd Army Corps. Early in the morning, the body of contract soldier Karen Karapetyan was found at the combat post with a gunshot wound. A few hours later, the body of Senior Lieutenant Mikael Danielyan was found at another post with a gunshot wound.