Dokument #1260410
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
For information on the above-mentioned
subjects please consult the attached translation of a 21 December
1995 facsimile received from Venezuela's military attaché in
Washington, DC.
In a 20 December 1995 telephone interview,
the military attaché told the DIRB that military service is
compulsory for male citizens aged between 18 and 50 years and lasts
two years.
For additional information on recruitment
and military service, please consult Response to Information
Request VEN22500.F of 20 December 1995.
Reference
Embassy of the Republic of Venezuela,
Washington, DC. 20 December 1995. Telephone interview with the
military attaché.
Attachment
Embassy of the Republic of Venezuela,
Washington, DC. 6 February 1996. Facsimile sent to the DIRB,
officially translated by the Multilingual Translation Directorate,
Ottawa.