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    Emil Lazarian
  • 7 years ago
    • Categories: 2019

Defence Ministers of Cyprus and Armenia sign bilateral cooperation programme

Cyprus News Agency / Gold News, Cyprus
Thursday
Defence Ministers of Cyprus and Armenia sign bilateral cooperation programme
 
 
The Ministers of Defence of Cyprus and Armenia, Savvas Angelides and Davit Tonoyan, signed a Bilateral Cooperation Programme for 2019, which provides for various activities and training.
 
The programme was signed during Angelides’ official visit to Armenia, which was wrapped up on Wednesday with meetings with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Tonoyan.
 
Angelides and Tonoyan discussed ways to further enhance bilateral relations and reiterated their will to promote cooperation in various fields, such as research and technology in the defence and security sector.
 
During all his meetings, Angelides referred to efforts to solve the Cyprus problem and reaffirmed the will of the Greek Cypriot side to reach a settlement. He also thanked Armenia for its support in this direction.
 
He also referred to Cyprus’ energy programme and Turkey’s provocations in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone. Furthermore, he noted the trilateral cooperation of Cyprus and Greece with Israel and Egypt, and discussed trilateral cooperation prospects between Cyprus, Greece and Armenia, which will be launched in the near future.
 
During his stay in Armenia, Angelides also visited a rehabilitation centre for persons wounded in war, a defence technology development centre, the monument for the Armenian Genocide, and a military cemetery.
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS