Russia & CIS General Newswire
December 7, 2007 Friday 11:55 AM MSK

Exercises under Partnership for Peace program to be held in Armenia
in 2008

YEREVAN Dec 7

Armenian Defense Minister Mikael Arutyunian has met with participants
of the planning conference of the Cooperative Longbow/Lancer
exercises in Yerevan, to discuss the program and schedule of the
exercises due to be held in the country in September 2008.

The parties stressed the importance of the exercises for the region,
held under the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Partnership for Peace program, Defense Minister’s spokesman Seiran
Shakhsuvarian told Interfax.

On October 23, the Supreme Allied Commander accepted Armenia’s
application for hosting exercises under the Partnership for Peace
program. The Cooperative Longbow command post exercises and the
Cooperative Lancer field exercises will therefore be conducted in
Armenia in 2008.

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