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A delegation led by Major General Artur Yeroyan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, participated in a meeting of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defense College held in Brussels at the European Commission headquarters on June 10–11.
The Defense Ministry said in a press release that during the event Major General Yeroyan presented reforms implemented in the fields of military education and training within the framework of the transformation of the Armenian Armed Forces.
Presentations were also delivered by Major General Arsen Mangasaryan, Head of the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy of the Ministry of Defense, and Tigran Harutyunyan, Coordinator of Armenia’s cooperation with NATO and the EU in the field of military education.
Representatives of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defense College highly valued the reforms implemented in Armenia’s military educational institutions and emphasized the importance of expanding cooperation, particularly within the framework of the EU Military Erasmus (EMILYO) program. Approval was given to the proposal for the National Defense Research University of the Ministry of Defense and the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy to join the college as associated partners, which has been forwarded to the college’s steering committee for approval.
As part of the Brussels visit, the Armenian Ministry of Defense delegation also met at NATO headquarters with Piers Cazalet, Head of the Defense and Security Cooperation Directorate, and discussed current programs and future prospects of cooperation in the defense sector.