IT IS ENVISAGED TO GUIDE COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2007 EXERCISES FROM ARMENIA AND GERMANY
Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Nov 14 2006
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged that the Combined
Endeavor exercises of NATO and North East Brigade to be held from
2007 April 26 to May 13 will be guided from Armenia and Germany.
Colonel Samvel Atoyan, Head of the Intercommunication and Automatic
Management Systems Department of Armed Forces General Headquarters,
said this on November 14 to journalists covering the planning
conference of Combined Endeavor exercises that started in Yerevan
with participation of 260-270 servicemen of 38 countries.
In Colonel Atoyan’s words, the goal of the exercises will be to
provide reliable contacts bewteen the armed forces of all countries
taking part in the exercises.
In S.Atoyan’s words, Armenia has been taking part in the Combined
Endeavor exercises since 2002, first as an observer, then as a
participant. In his words, participation in the above mentioned
exercises contributes to Armenia’s adopting advanced technologies
of military intercommunication sphere. "Armenia’s participation in
these exercises has been always highly estimated," S.Atoyan said
considering that it is not a mere chance that Armenia was chosen as
a "place of holding one of the largest conferences" preceding the
Combined Endeavor exercises.
It was mentioned that the goal of the conference is to solve some
problems in the sphere of equipment units ensuring communication
among country-participants of the Combined Endeavor 2007 and in the
sphere of compatibility of their exploitation. A document stipulating
compatibility principles will be worked out as a result of the
conference being held until November 17.
As S.Atoyan said, Azerbaijan and Turkey do not take part in the
Yerevan conference.
To recap, the North East Brigade was created for the purpose of
carrying out a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and Iraq.