COMMON ENDEAVOR EXERCISE LAUNCHES IN ARMENIA

Armenpress
Nov 14 2006

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS: Some 270 representatives from 38
countries, as well as from NATO and a brigade implementing peacekeeping
mission in the southeastern Europe, have come to Armenia to participate
in an annual Combined Endeavor exercise sponsored by the US European
Command (USEUCOM).

The exercise held in the spirit of Partnership for Peace (PfP)
integration and interoperability consists of four planning conferences
and a multi-side workshop. Colonel Samvel Atoyan, a senior military
officer of the Armenian armed forces’ department for communications
and automated systems, said the ultimate goal of the exercise is to
have a document setting clearly out interoperability principles.

He said the Common Endeavor military exercise, scheduled for
April 26 to May 13 of 2007 is planned to be held in Germany and
Armenia. Armenian troops have been participating in this exercise
since 2002. The exercise will run through November 17. Azerbaijan
and Turkey were expected originally to send their representatives to
Armenia, but later they refused.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress