Armenian Defense Minister Holds Meetings In Baghdad

ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER HOLDS MEETINGS IN BAGHDAD
Tigran Liloyan

ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
November 14, 2006 Tuesday 11:02 PM EST

Armenia’s Defense Minister and National Security Council chairman
Serge Sarkissian, now visiting Iraq, held a number of meetings in
Baghdad Tuesday, the Defense Ministry’s press service said.

As he met with Iraqi Defense Minister, Major General Abdul-Qader
al-Odeidi, the two men discussed the political situation in Iraq,
the goals for national and regional security, and the problem of
ethnic Armenians living there.

Operative situation in Iraq came into focus of his meeting with
General George Casey, the commander of U.S. troops in Iraq.

Sarkissian also met with Major General Bronislaw Kwiatkowski of
Poland, the commander of the multination Center-South division, and
got familiarized with the situation in the zone of its responsibility.

After official functions, Sarkissian visited Armenian peacekeepers
to see conditions in which they perform their duties.

A total of 46 servicemen from Armenia were attached to the division
under Polish command in January 2005.