Editing Armed Forces of Armenia (section)

=== Post-1992 ===
[[Armenia]] established a Ministry of Defence on 28 January 1992. The first military unit of the defence ministry to be formed was the 1st Airborne Regiment, where the first Armenian soldier took the oath to the nation that March.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Բանակն ուժեղ է, երբ թիկունքին զգում է իր երկրի, ժողովրդի, պետության շունչը, երբ զինվորն իր ոտքի տակ զգում է հայրենի հողի սրբությունը"|url=http://www.irates.am/hy/1424985286?fb_comment_id=714501192004948_1055772527877811|access-date=2021-03-16|website=irates.am|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1994 թվականի մայիսի 12-ի զինադադարից հետո մենք ահագին առաջ ենք գնացել․ Աստվածատուր...|url=https://a1plus.am/hy/article/358498|access-date=2021-03-16|website=A1Plus|language=hy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունը նշում է Զինված ուժերի կազմավորման 20ամյակը: ՖՈՏՈՇԱՐՔ|url=https://armenpress.am/arm/news/677314/Armenia_marks_20th_anniversary_of_formation_of_Armed_Forces_PHOTO_SERIES.html|access-date=2021-03-16|website=armenpress.am|language=hy}}</ref> Since a significant part of the officers of the Armed Forces were fighters of the self-defense volunteer detachments, a center for raising the qualification of officers was established for their qualification and training, which during its activity it provided about 1,500 officer-graduates. The School of Non-Commissioned Officers produced about 1,000 graduates.<ref name=":1" />

The [[Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe]] was ratified by the Armenian parliament in July 1992. The treaty establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of military equipment, such as tanks, artillery, armored combat vehicles, combat aircraft, and combat helicopters, and provides for the destruction of weaponry in excess of those limits. [[Armenia]]n officials have consistently expressed determination to comply with its provisions and thus Armenia has provided data on armaments as required under the CFE Treaty. Despite this, Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of diverting a large part of its military forces to [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|Nagorno-Karabakh]] and thus circumventing these international regulations. In March 1993, Armenia signed the multilateral [[Chemical Weapons Convention]], which calls for the eventual elimination of chemical weapons. Armenia acceded to the nuclear [[Non-Proliferation Treaty]] as a non-[[nuclear weapon]]s state in July 1993.

In addition to the branches of services listed above, Armenia established its own [[Internal Troops]] from the former Soviet Interior Troops after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.<ref>See for example http://www.mia.gov.az/index.php?/en/content/278/</ref> Up until December 2002, Armenia maintained a Ministry of Internal Affairs, but along with the Ministry of National Security, it was reorganized as a non-ministerial institution. The two organizations became the [[Police of Armenia]] and the [[National Security Service (Armenia)|National Security Service]].<ref>Taylor and Francis, Europa World Yearbook 2004, p.554</ref>