ARMENIA-NATO COOPERATION EFFECTIVE FOR MODERNIZATION OF ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES: ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER

ArmInfo
2010-03-11 16:27:00

ArmInfo. Armenia-NATO cooperation is quite effective for modernization
of the Armenian Armed Forces, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan
said in a press conference on security and stability in the South
Caucasus on Thursday.

Interaction of the Armed Forces of Armenia and NATO is both tactical
and strategic. For instance, revision of the Armenian defense strategy,
reforms in the military education, inclusion of the civil service
in the Armenian Defense Ministry system," he said. The minister
highlighted the Armenian peacemaking missions to Kosovo and Afghanistan
that leads to a full-fledged tactical interaction of the armed forces
of Armenia and NATO. In general, Seyran Ohanyan believes that balanced
foreign policy of Armenia and NATO constructive approaches to the
problems in the South Caucasus contributes to development of the
Armenia-NATO cooperation.