PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Armenia
Of?cially the Republic of Armenia, it is a mountainous country in the South
Caucasus region of Eurasia, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and
Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north,
the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan to the
east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.
President: Serzh Sargsyan
Independence: 1991
Capital: Yerevan
Currency: Dram
Of?cial languages: Armenian
The four branches of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia are:
Armenian Army, Air Force, Air Defence, and Border Guard. Armenia has
engaged in a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo as part of non-NATO KFOR
troops under Greek command.
Information taken from CIA Factbook.
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