IT IS NECESSARY TO ENLARGE MILITARY COOPERATION BETWEEN ARMENIA AND ITALY

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.05.2007 17:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA Defense Minister Mikael Haroutounyan hosted
Italy’s Ambassador to Armenia Massimo Lavezzo Cassinelli. The
Defense Minister indicated the progress in political and economic
cooperation between the two countries, Defense Ministry Spokesman
colonel Seyran Shahsouvaryan informed the PanARMENIAN.Net. "On
this positive background it is necessary to develop cooperation in
military, army medical and military-educational spheres," Mikael
Haroutounyan underscored. The sides came to the conclusion that it is
necessary to widen the military cooperation. They touched the issue
of Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), as well as
reforms both in military sphere and in the country in general. The RA
Defense Minister underlined the important role of Italian Institute
for Strategic Studies and introduced major general Hayk Kotanjyan,
Director of the similar institute in Yerevan to the guest. During
the meeting issues of regional security were also discussed.