Military cooperation with US is important for Armenia
By Tigran Liloyan

ITAR-TASS News Agency
October 16, 2004 Saturday

YEREVAN, October 16 — Armenian Defence Minister Serzh Sarkisyan
said on Saturday that the Armenian-U.S. military cooperation was
vitally important for Armenia, the Armenian Defence Ministry press
service reported.

Sarkisyan has met U.S. Under Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia
Lori Kennedy who said that a group of American experts would arrive
in Armenia soon to assess the state of the Armenian armed forces. On
behalf of the U.S. government she thanked the Armenian authorities
for readiness to send a contingent to Iraq.