LATVIA TO PROMOTE DEFENSE REFORM IN ARMENIA

Pan Armenian News
03.09.2005 04:36

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A delegation of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) of
Armenia headed by Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan will be in Latvia
on a working visit September 5-7, reported the Latvian MOD. Latvian
Defense Minister Einars Repse (New Era Party) and Serge Sargsyan plan
to discuss defense cooperation opportunities and sign a respective
agreement. To promote defense reform in Armenia and its compatibility
with the NATO, Einars Repse is going to indicate Latvia’s readiness
to share experience of participation in peacekeeping operations and
provide practical assistance in military training. According to the
data of the Latvian MOD, having become a NATO member, the republic
has seriously assisted the South Caucasian region in security reform:
the Ministry has already arranged close cooperation with Georgia this
year and now the Latvian department works over its development with
other countries of the South Caucasus. Latvia considers the signing
of an agreement on defense cooperation in the course of the Armenian
delegation’s visit an important move to that end, reported IA Regnum.