Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
April 25, 2008 Friday

HUNGARY OFFERS TRAINING HELP TO ARMENIAN ARMY

Yerevan, April 25 (MTI) – Hungary’s deputy defence minister Agnes
Vadai offered training assistance to the Armenian army during her
talks in Yerevan on Friday.

Armenian deputy defence minister Ara Nazaryan and Vadai discussed
Armenia’s plans to set up a NATO-compatible brigade by 2015 with help
from the US, Germany, the UK and Greece. The unit could participate in
international missions.

Vadai said Hungary had offered its expertise in expanding the civilian
base of the Armenian army and also invited military officers to
participate in a peace-keeping course in Szolnok, Central Hungary.

Earlier Vadai and her delegation met Armenian deputy Foreign Minister
Gegam Garibdzhanyan who invited Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz
to visit Armenia. Talks also focused on a Hungarian-Armenian agreement
on dual taxation, which Hungary plans to soon have ready for signing,
Vadai said.

During the visit, the delegation laid a wreath by the Armenian
Genocide Memorial in Yerevan and a World War Two Memorial for
Hungarian soldiers.