UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF CHIEF ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The delegation headed by Colonel General
Sergey Kirichenko, the Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff of
Ukraine – the Armed Forces Commander General, arrived in Armenia on
May 24, on a two-days official visit. Colonel General Mikayel
Haroutiunian, the Chief of the RA Armed Forces Headquarters General –
the First Deputy Minister of Defence, met Sergey Kirichenko in the
“Erebuni” airport. In the interview to journalists, S.Kirichenko
expressed gratitude to his Armenian partners for the invitation,
mentioning that he attaches much importance to this visit. “This is a
visit of friednship for me, one addressed to development of bilateral
relations in the sphere of military cooperation of Ukraine and
Armenia,” he said and mentioned that though then I had met with
Mikayel Haroutiunian many times, but this is the first meeting in the
Armenian land. “We have numerous general themes for discussion, issues
related to reforms and bilateral cooperation,” S.Kirichenko
emphasized, adding that within the framework of the visit, they will
continue with M.Haroutiunian the discussion aimed to deepening
cooperation of the Armenian and Ukrainian Armed Forces started
before. “It will be beneficial for the two countries’ Armed Forces and
our republics,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff Chief
mentioned. As Noyan Tapan was informed by Colonel Seyran Shahsuvarian,
the RA Defence Minister’s Press Secretary, the delegation’s visits to
the Armenian Genocide memorial complex, Mine Clearing Philathropic
Center, Military Institute after RA Defence Minister Vazgen Sargsian
are envisaged. Karekin II Catholicos of All Armenians will also
receive guests at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.