ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTERS DISCUSS MILITARY COOPERATION ISSUES

ARKA
June 17

Armenian and Russian Defense Ministers Seyran Ohanian and Anatoly
Serdiukov discussed issues on Armenian-Russian cooperation in Moscow
Tuesday.

The sides considered issues on regional security and stability,
exchanged view on reforms being implemented in the defense ministries
of the countries, the Press Secretary of Armenian Defense Ministry
Seyran Shakhsuvarian reported. The ministers also addressed issues
on military, military-technical and military-educational cooperation
and achievements in the sphere.

Along with the ministers’ meeting, an extended meeting of the
countries’ delegations was held to discuss bilateral military
cooperation within the earlier agreements.

Armenian delegation headed by the Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanian
arrived in Moscow yesterday on a three-day visit within the program
of bilateral military cooperation for 2008.