Formation | 1995 |
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Dissolved | 1 January 2024 |
Headquarters | Stepanakert |
Location | |
Official language | Armenian |
Minister of Defense | Major General Kamo Vardanyan |
Website | www.nkrmil.am |
The Ministry of Defence of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության նախարարություն) was a government agency of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. It was the executive body in implementing defence policies of the Artsakh Defence Army. The final minister of defence was Lieutenant General Kamo Vardanyan. Following an Azerbaijani assault on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024.[1]