Azerbaijan Exempts Certain Categories Of Citizens From Military Duty During Peacetime
Date
12/27/2024 7:09:14 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 27. Azerbaijan has
rolled out fresh regulations concerning exemptions from compulsory
military service during peacetime, with specific groups of citizens
now being shuffled into reserve status, Trend reports.
The changes were reflected in an amendment to the law "On
Military Duty and Military Service."
Under the new regulations, the following categories of citizens
will be exempt from compulsory military service during peacetime
and will be placed in reserve:
- Citizens holding a PhD or Doctor of Science degree;
- Conscripts who are deemed unfit for active military service
during peacetime due to health reasons but are fit for service
during wartime;
- Conscripts who have not completed their mandatory military
service by the age limit for various reasons;
- Conscripts who are directed to alternative civilian
service;
- Individuals, who have completed mandatory military service or
have been exempted from conscription according to the legislation
of their previous country of citizenship before obtaining
Azerbaijani citizenship, except for those whose parents were both
Azerbaijani citizens at the time of their birth.
Following discussions, the amendment was put to a vote and
passed in the third reading.
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