RA Defense Minister meets US Charge d’Affaires

armradio.am
15.12.2007 14:39

December 15 RA Defense Minister Michael Harutyunyan received the
delegation headed by US Charge d’Affaires Joseph Pennington.

At the beginning of the meeting the Minister congratulated Joseph
Pennington on assuming office and expressed hope that the cooperation
between the two countries will further enlarge during the latter’s
tenure in office.

Stressing the importance of cooperation with RA Government and the
Defense Ministry, Joseph Pennington expressed willingness to uphold the
US assistance to the programs implemented in the framework of the
Individual Partnership Action Plan.

Speaking about the Karabakh conflict settlement, Joseph Pennington
stated that the US will continue rendering full support to the Minsk
Group via its Co-Chair, who has made clear the position of the United
States: the military solution to the issue is excluded.

At the end of the meeting the parties turned to the current state of
Armenian-American military cooperation.