(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 27. Azerbaijan's
parliament has approved the third reading of a proposal to reduce
the upper limit of conscription age in the country, Trend reports.
Today's parliament session saw the adoption of the proposal
during the discussion of the regulation "On military service."
Recent changes have reduced the upper age limit for military
service in the country.
So, the upper age limit for military service of the servicemen
of the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan and servicemen of
super-term active military service, warrant officers, and
midshipmen is reduced from 35 to 30 years.
Under the proposed amendment, male citizens of Azerbaijan aged
18–30 who are on preliminary military registration or subject to
registration but have not completed compulsory military service
will become draftees.
There is also a reduction in the age limit for reserve members
to undergo medical examinations at military commissariats.
The new rules specify that the persons transferred to the
reserve shall periodically be involved in medical examinations in
medical commissions established in district (city) military
commissariats.
In this case, servicemen who were sent to the reserve because
they were sick and didn't have any other duty are put back on the
list of conscripts if they are found to be fit for military service
until they turn 35 (except in certain situations allowed by the
laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan), and they are called up for
active military service for a set amount of time.
The amendments reduce the 35-year age limit to 30 years.
The conditions for granting a deferment from military service to
pursue further education have also undergone changes.
One of the amendments is related to the reduction of the age
limit for peacetime service by Armed Forces of the Republic of
Azerbaijan military personnel.
Presently, according to Article 39 of the Law“On Military Duty
and Military Service," in peacetime, military servicemen of
fixed-term active military service serve up to 36.5 years. The
amendments reduce the age limit to 31.5 years.
The provision throws in a few other changes to the mix as
well.
The document was put to vote following discussions and adopted
in the third reading.
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