ARMENIA TO USE ROMANIA’S EXPERIENCE IN REFORMING ARMY

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 19 2007

YEREVAN. July 19. /ARKA/. In 2007 Armenian delegation will visit
Romania to get acquainted with the country’s experience in the sphere
of reforming the Armed Forces.

The RA Defense Ministry’s press services reported that the details
of the visit envisaged by the plan of bilateral military cooperation
for 2007 were discussed Thursday during the meeting of RA Defense
Ministry Mikayel Haroutiunian and Romania’s Ambassador to Armenia
Krina Rodik Prunariu.

The Armenian delegation intends to study Romania’s experience in
implementing the civil element in the Armed Forces, re-training the
retired staff and bringing them back to civil society, as well as
closing military units and infrastructures, estimating expenditures
for destroying military techniques and ammunition.

During the meeting the issues of regional security and stability,
as well as processes of peaceful settlement of the conflict were
discussed.

At the end of the meeting the sides exchanges thoughts concerning
the reformation of Armenia’s Armed Forces.