ARMENIA AND FRANCE HOPE FOR SIGNING TREATY ON MILITARY COOPERATION IN NEAR FUTURE

DeFacto Agency
June 25 2008
Armenia

The current level and perspectives of Armenian-French military
cooperation were discussed today at the RA Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanian’s meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of France to RA Serzh Smesov.

According to the RA MoD Press Office, in the course of the meeting
Seyran Ohanian noted that friendly Armenian-French relations were
unprecedented at present. The Minister voiced assurance that it was
necessary to develop relations in the sphere of peacemaking activity
stating that France’s possible participation in military trainings
to be held in Armenia in September-October could contribute to the
development of cooperation between the two countries’ armed forces.

The parties expressed hope that bilateral contacts, which had been
recently activated, would also contribute to signing a treaty on
military cooperation between Armenia and France in the near future.

Touching on the Karabakh issue the parties underscored the necessity
of the conflict’s peaceful settlement.