Armenian army chief, US general sign rear support accord

Armenian army chief, US general sign rear support accord

Mediamax news agency
26 Apr 04

YEREVAN

The Armenian Armed Forces and the US European Command have signed the
Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) envisaging
cooperation in the sphere of rear provision.

The head of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Gen-Col
Mikael Arutyunyan, and the deputy commander of the US European
Command, Gen Charles Wald, said this at a briefing in Yerevan today.

According to Mikael Arutyunyan, under the agreement, the sides are to
render rear support to each other while carrying out different actions
and exercises with the further compensation on mutual basis.

According to Charles Wald, the signing of this agreement will help
“cement our military cooperation with Armenia”.

[Passage omitted: details of ACSA programme]