Belapan news agency, Minsk
Oct 19 2007

Belarusian, Armenian defence ministers sign 2008 cooperation plan

Minsk, 19 October: A cooperation plan for 2008 between the defence
ministries of Belarus and Armenia was signed in Minsk on 19 October.

Belapan learnt this at the Belarusian Defence Ministry’s press
service.

The document was signed by the two countries’ defence ministers,
Leanid Maltsaw and Mikayel Harutyunyan. Harutyunyan arrived in
Belarus on a three-day official visit on the evening of 18 October.

Maltsaw and Harutyunyan also held talks on the development of
bilateral military cooperation today. Details of their meeting and
the plan signed have not been reported.

On 19 October, the Armenian delegation will visit the Barysaw
medicines plant, the 72nd United Training Centre for training warrant
officers and junior specialists of the Belarusian armed forces and
the State Military-Industrial Committee for talks with its chairman,
Mikalay Azamataw.