ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER’S VISIT TO KOSOVO CANCELED
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 30 2007
YEREVAN, July 30. /ARKA/. RA Minister of Defense Mikael Haroutounyan’s
visit to Kosovo scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled.
Colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan, Press Secretary of the RA Minister of
Defense, reported that the visit has been canceled "for technical
reasons."
The RA Defense Minister was earlier reported to be planning meetings
with Armenian servicemen carrying out a peace-making mission in Kosovo,
as well as with the top officers of the multinational forces.
In July 2001, at the UN Headquarters in New York, representatives of
the RA Foreign Office signed a memorandum on understanding envisaging
Armenia’s involvement in peace-making activities. By signing the
document Armenia expressed its readiness to provide forces for
participation in peace-making missions.
Armenian servicemen have been involved in peace-making missions in
Kosovo, forming part of the Greek battalion, since February 12, 2004.
The seventh group of Armenian peace-makers is serving in Kosovo now.