ARMENIA INTENDS TO FACILITATE MILITARY COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA
Translated by A. Ignatkin

Gazeta.Ru
DEFENSE and SECURITY
November 28, 2007 Wednesday
Russia

The government of Armenia endorsed the draft Military Doctrine,
a document stipulating advancement of military cooperation with
Russia, press service of the Armenian government reported. According
to Armenian Defense Minister, Michael Arutunjan, priorities of
Armenian military and military-technical cooperation with foreign
countries were centered around strategic partnership with the Russian
Federation and active participation in programs of the CIS Collective
Security Treaty Organization (alliance of Russia, Belarus, Armenia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan). Arutunjan added that Armenia
was guided by considerations of general military security, advancement
of military-political positions, preservation of military parity in
the region, international practices, and the necessity to modernize
its Armed Forces.