ARMENIA AND UKRAINE BUILD MILITARY COOPERATION
By Gohar Gevorgian

AZG Armenian Daily
26/05/2006

By the invitation of Colonel General Mikael Harutyunian, Commander of
Headquarters of RA Armed Forces, Colonel General Sergey Kirichenko,
Commander of Armed Forces of Ukraine, arrived in Yerevan May 23.

Harutyunian said this was the first visit of its kind to Armenia after
the establishment of diplomatic relations with Ukraine. By the end of
the day, Kirichenko and Harutyunian stated that the meeting was quite
a fruitful one. They discussed a number of issues, found solutions
to the defense issues and specified the cooperation spheres. They
expressed hope that this meeting will contribute to the military
cooperation of both sides.

In response to the question about rendering assistance to Azerbaijan,
Kirichenko said that Ukraine doesn’t offer any military assistance
to Azerbaijan. He added that Ukraine equally respects Armenia and
Azerbaijan.

As for the withdrawal of the Russian military bases from Georgia,
Harutyunian stated that the Russian military bases go to Russia. He
added that Gyumri’s Russian military base #102 gets only transport,
communication equipment. He emphasized that the Gyumri base doesn’t
get any military ground vehicle.