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On February 23, the regular sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security moderated by Andranik Kocharyan was held.

The amendment being proposed to the law on Military Service and Serviceman’s Status authored by the deputy of the Civil Contract deputy Hayk Sargsyan was debated in the first reading.

The idea of the initiative arose during Hayk Sargsyan’s visit to the families of the fallen servicemen after 44-day war.

The author proposes to release the conscripts from the compulsory military service having fallen (dead) parent or brother or sister in defending the Republic of Armenia or in the armed forces or in other troops during the military service in the military units of the foreign states deployed in our country by the RA international contracts.

The mandatory condition of being released from the military service by functioning regulations is also the fact of being the only male child in the family.

Touching upon the concern that the amendment can cause security problems for the armed forces, Hayk Sargsyan noted: “In 2022 it is designed to have 10 recruits for the summer conscription as a beneficiary of the amending law, and – 17 recruits for the winter conscription, in 2023 – 11 recruits for the summer conscription, 14 recruits – for the winter conscription.”

The co-rapporteur Vahagn Aleksanyan welcomed the initiative and called on to give endorsement/

The RA Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan presented the position of the Government.

According to him, the executive body presented a number of proposals, which the author considered admissible.

The Committee approved the initiative.

The draft law on Amending the law on Rescue Service authored by the NA deputies Vilen Gabrielyan, Andranik Kocharyan, Armen Khachatryan was withdrawn from circulation.