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SEYRAN OHANIAN RECONFIRMS RESOLUTENESS
[07:01 pm] 13 June, 2008

On June 12 RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian
participated in the sitting of the North Atlantic
Council held in NATO Headquarters on the level of
Defense Ministers of the countries participating in
the Kosovo operations. The Armenian Defense Minister
reconfirmed the resoluteness of Armenia to continue
its support to ensuring stability and security in
Kosovo and informed his counterparts about the
doubling of the Armenian peacekeeping forces in
Kosovo.

During the conversation with NATO Secretary General
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer the latter welcomed the decision
to increase the number of Armenian peacekeepers in
Kosovo in the current complex military-political
situation.

In the framework of the visit to Brussels, Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanian met with the Special
Representative of the NATO Secretary General Robert
Simmons. Issues related to the implementation of the
Individual Partnership Action Plan, the process and
perspectives of NATO-Armenia cooperation were
discussed.

Seyran Ohanian had meetings with the Defense Minister
of Greece Evangeles Meymarakis. Issues related to
Armenian-Greek military cooperation were discussed.
The Ministers reconfirmed the readiness to expand the
bilateral cooperation. The Defense Minister of Greece
highly appreciated the mission Armenian peacekeepers
are carrying out in Kosovo.