ArmenPress
March 31 2004
OFFICE OF DEFENSE COOPERATION ESTABLISHED AT US EMBASSY IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MARCH 31, ARMENPRESS: The Office of Defense Cooperation
(ODC), established at the US embassy in Yerevan is working to expand
the Department of Defense (DoD) assistance programs available for
implementation in Armenia, the US embassy told Armenpress. The
establishment of the ODC as an office with full-time responsibility
for DoD assistance programs gives the US government a means to offer
the full range of DoD programs to Armenia and provides more effective
management of existing programs to ensure greater benefits to
Armenia, the embassy said.
A limited number of DoD assistance and grant programs were
administered for a number of years in Armenia by the Defense Attache
Office at the US embassy, however, expanded resources for such
programs recently became available, allowing the establishment of the
OFC, the embassy said.