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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. The agenda of the Armenia-France defense cooperation encompasses nearly all sectors of the military, Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has said.

He described his discussions with his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu as substantial.

“The agenda of our cooperation encompasses nearly all sectors of the activities of the armed forces. I must underscore the comprehensive consultative support in the direction of defense reforms, the military education sector, the rapidly developing training direction, and of course the modernization of defense measures and development of military-technical cooperation process. Starting this year, bilateral cooperation has been placed on a clear planning base, and it is developing in more than a dozen directions,” Papikyan said at a joint press conference with Lecornu in Yerevan. 

Papikyan said he presented to the French minister the course of the Armenian military reforms which are aimed at forming a military in line with modern standards capable of withstanding modern challenges.