Guardian East October Issue | Página 4

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. PG 4