ARMENIAN PLANS TO UPGRADE ARMED FORCES IN LINE WITH NATO BY 2015

Armenpress
Sept 7, 2005

RIGA, SEPTEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS: Latvia’s defense minister Ejnar
Repse was quoted by LETA news agency as saying that after Latvia’s
accession to NATO it wants to step up bilateral military cooperation
with Armenia.

His remarks came after he and his visiting Armenian counterpart, Serzh
Sarkisian, signed a cooperation agreement in Riga. Armenian defense
minister was quoted as saying that Armenia plans to upgrade its armed
forces in conformity with NATO standards by 2015. He said Armenia
does not yet meet EU and NATO requirements because of lack of money,
but expressed hope that the country would be able to do so in future.