ARMENIA AND BULGARIA SIGNED STATEMENT ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY COOPERATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.09.2006 16:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Since September 11 Armenian Defense Minister Serge
Sargsyan is in Bulgaria on an official visit. During his meeting with
his Bulgarian counterpart Vesselin Bliznakov matters of strengthening
bilateral military cooperation were discussed. The Ministers
agreed to work jointly in democratic control over the armed forces,
working out the military budget and ensuring transparency of defense
planning. Sargsyan and Bliznakov also agreed to create conditions for
exchange of experience and retraining of personnel in higher military
education institutions of Bulgaria. The MOD heads signed a joint
statement on further development of bilateral military cooperation.

S. Sargsyan also met with Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov,
visited the People’s Council, where he met with its Deputy Chair
Peter Beron and members of the Standing Parliamentary Commission
on Defense. The Armenian MOD head is also scheduled to visit the
National Military University and the military base of Graf Ignatievo
near Plovdiv. Meetings of working groups on Defense Planning and
Logistics were held in Sofia within the cooperation program of the
Defense Ministries of Armenia and Bulgaria, reports the Press Service
of the Armenian MFA.