ARMENIAN DEFENCE MINISTER TOURS MILITARY FACILITIES IN BELARUS

Belarusian Nationwide TV
Oct 19 2007
Belarussia

[Presenter] The defence ministers of Belarus and Armenia discussed
major directions of bilateral military cooperation in Minsk today. In
particular, the Armenian side expressed interest in methods of training
our military specialists.

The guests visited the 72nd United Guards Training Centre of the
Belarusian army today. Experts for the armed forces in more than
50 specialities are trained here. A modern training base, computer
simulators, state-of-the-art training methods do not have analogues
in the CIS countries. The Armenian military saw that the Belarusian
soldiers’ academy is a place where servicemen of the 21st century
are trained.

[Mikayel Harutyunyan, captioned as Armenian defence minister] There are
things here that one can take to Armenia, so that we could use them for
training our junior specialists. I suggested that Belarus and Armenia
should unite their capacities regarding training of our specialists.

[Presenter] The guests familiarized themselves with the production of
hi-tech dual-purpose products at a company of the military-industrial
complex. Belarus is a leader in the production of automated command and
control systems and optical, infrared and thermal sighting complexes
with the use of modern technologies and materials.