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90 percent of respondents are confident in the Armenian Armed Forces, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup International Association.

The survey was conducted on August 8-17, among 1,067 people in 10 provinces of Armenia and all administrative districts of Yerevan.

Gallup International Association Armenia director Aram Navasardyan told reporters on Friday that 56 percent of respondents expressed confidence that the Armenian Armed Forces can appropriately respond to Azerbaijani aggression, 34 percent said that they are confident rather than sceptical, 5 percent said they are doubtful rather than confident, 2 percent expressed scepticism and 3 percent found it difficult to answer.

40 percent of respondents said defense is the key problem in the country and 35 percent said it is unemployment, said the Gallup representative.