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Introduction - Armenia: | Location - Armenia: | People - Armenia: | Government - Armenia: | Economy - Armenia: | Communications - Armenia: | Transportation - Armenia: | Military - Armenia: | Military branches | Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF), Air Force, Air Defense Force (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 722,836
females age 18-49: 795,084 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 551,938
females age 18-49: 656,493 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 31,774
females age 18-49: 31,182 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 219,324 (Azerbaijan)
IDPs: 8,400 (conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, majority have returned home since 1994 ceasefire) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 6.5% (FY01) | | Trafficking in persons | current situation: Armenia is a major source and, to a lesser extent, a transit and destination country for women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation largely to the UAE and Turkey; traffickers, many of them women, route victims directly into Dubai or through Moscow; profits derived from the trafficking of Armenian victims reportedly have increased
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Armenia has failed to show evidence of increasing efforts, particularly in the areas of enforcement, trafficking-related corruption, and victim protection | | Disputes international | Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh and since the early 1990s, has militarily occupied 16% of Azerbaijan - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate dispute; over 800,000 mostly ethnic Azerbaijanis were driven from the occupied lands and Armenia; about 230,000 ethnic Armenians were driven from their homes in Azerbaijan into Armenia; Azerbaijan seeks transit route through Armenia to connect to Naxcivan exclave; border with Turkey remains closed over Nagorno-Karabakh dispute; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy; Armenians continue to emigrate, primarily to Russia, seeking employment | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |