Armenian Chief of Staff meets US military officials in Washington

Mediamax news agency
9 Nov 04

Yerevan, 9 November: The chief of the General Staff of the Armenian
armed forces, Col-Gen Mikael Arutyunyan, has met the chairman of the US
Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Richard Myers, in Washington.

The Armenian Defence Ministry’s information department has told
Mediamax news agency that Mikael Arutyunyan was on a visit to the
USA between 31 October and 5 November at Richard Myers’ invitation.

During the visit, the chief of the General Staff of the Armenian armed
forces held meetings at the US Combined Forces Command, the US Central
Command in Tampa and NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Transformation
in Norfolk.

Military cooperation, peacekeeping, Armenia’s participation in events
within the framework of NATO’s Partnership for Peace programme were
discussed at the meetings.