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YEREVAN, MARCH 23, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan held a meeting on March 23 with United States Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy.

The US Embassy’s Defense Attaché Colonel Gregory Pipes also attended the meeting, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

During the meeting the Minister of Defense presented to the US Ambassador the current situation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani borderline and in Nagorno Karabakh, and addressed humanitarian issues emphasizing the need to solve them urgently.

The sides also discussed current issues and prospects of the Armenia-United States cooperation in the defense sector.

Views were exchanged around the international security situation and military-political developments.