On June 10-11, the delegation headed by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, Major General Artur Yeroyan, participated in the session of the Executive Academic Council of the European Security and Defense College in Brussels, at the headquarters of the European Commission.
During the event, Major General Artur Yeroyan presented the reforms implemented in the field of military education and training within the framework of the transformation of the RA Army.
Head of the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Arsen Mangasaryan and Tigran Harutyunyan, coordinator of the cooperation of the RA Ministry of Defense in the field of military education with NATO and the EU, also made speeches.
The representatives of the Executive Academic Council of the European Security and Defense College highly appreciated the reforms implemented in the RA military educational institutions and emphasized the expansion of cooperation, in particular, within the framework of the EU military “Erasmus” (EMILYO) program. Approval was given to the proposal of the National Defense Research University of the Ministry of Defense and the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy to join the college as an associate partner, which was forwarded to the college’s management committee for approval.
Within the framework of the visit to Brussels, the delegation of the RA Ministry of Defense met with the head of the Directorate of Defense and Security Cooperation, Piers Cazalet, at the NATO headquarters, and discussed issues related to the current programs and perspectives of cooperation in the field of defense.
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