GEORGIA TO DISPATCH MILITARY ATTACHE TO ARMENIA
Kavkaz Press, Georgie
Feb 28 2008
Tbilisi, 28 February: Georgian military attache will soon be dispatched
to Armenia, Georgian Defence Minister DavitKezerashvili said after his
closed meeting with his Armenian counterpart Mikael Harutyunyan today.
"This is the first step towards deepening bilateral relations in the
military sphere," the minister said.He stressed that special groups
would soon be dispatched to Yerevan to elaborate a concrete plan of
military cooperationbetween Armenia and Georgia.
Armenian Defence Minister Mikael Harutyunyan said that "unfortunately,
not a single agreement on militarycooperation has been signed up to
now". "It is time to make a step forward in this direction in order
tocreate a legal basis for future cooperation," he stressed.
"Deepening our relations will be useful not only for Georgia
and Armenia, but will also be significant from the viewpoint of
strengthening regional security," Harutyunyan stressed, expressing
hope that bilateral contacts willbe reinforced in the future.
Harutyunyan invited his Georgian counterpart to pay an official
visit to Armenia. "You can visit Armenia anytime convenient for you,"
he said.
After the meeting, the ministers laid wreaths to the memorial of
those who died protecting Georgia’s territorial integrity.