The Official Visit of the Minister of National Devence of Poland to Armenia

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27.11. 09

On the 27th of November, 2009 by the invitation of the RA Minister of
Defence Seyran Ohanyan the delegation headed by the Minister of
National Defence of the Republic of Poland Bogdan Klikhi arrived in
Armenia for a two-day official visit. An official meeting-ceremony
took place at the RA Ministry of Defence after which the Ministers of
the two countries had a separate conversation. Then there was a
meeting which included the members of the delegations.

During the meeting they discussed matters of mutual interest
concerning the activation of the Armenian-Polish defence cooperation
in the frames of NATO PfP program, as well as matters concerning the
regional security. The two parties also touched upon the mission
fulfilled by the Armenian peacekeepers in the multinational division
under Polish command in Iraq in 2005-2008; they highly estimated the
role of the Armenian peacekeepers. The abovementioned visit in the
frames of Armenian-Polish defence cooperation was the first official
visit of the Minister of National Defence of Poland to the Republic of
Armenia.

On the 28th of November, 2009 the delegation headed by the Minister of
National Defence of Poland Bogdan Klikhi met with the RA Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan. They also visited `Tsitsernakaberd’ – the
memorial of the victims of Armenian Genocide – commemorating the
victims of the Genocide.

RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs