IRANIAN DEFENCE CHIEF VISITS EX-SOVIET ARMENIA
Agence France Presse — English
November 6, 2007 Tuesday 2:41 PM GMT
Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar arrived in Yerevan on
Tuesday for a three-day visit to neighbouring Armenia, the ex-Soviet
republic’s defence ministry said.
According to ministry spokesman Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, Najjar met with
his Armenian counterpart Mikael Artyunyan and on Thursday was to hold
talks with Armenian President Robert Kocharian.
The two sides’ defence chiefs are to sign agreements on military
cooperation on Thursday and hold a joint press conference, the
ministry said.