Armenia’s Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan received today US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills and newly appointed US Military Attaché, Colonel James Thomson, Ministry’s press service reports.

During the meeting issues on Armenian-American cooperation in defense sphere were discussed. The parties attached special importance to the conduction of events in the sidelines of 15th anniversary of Kansas-Armenia National Guard Partnership in September this year.

The sides also referred to other issues of Armenian-American cooperation in the sphere of defense and issues on regional security.

At the request of the US side, the defense minister presented the current situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.