Armenian-Greek military cooperation strengthened
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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: A military cooperation agreement 2014 was signed on September 25 in Yerevan between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of National Defense of Greece. As reported by Armenpress, highly evaluating the Armenian-Greek bilateral military relations, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia Yuri Khachaturov stated that the relations have a history of many years.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense of Greece, the general Michail Kostarakos noted that it is a great honor for him to be in Armenia. “For me it was a great honor to be hosted by the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan as well. I will visit today the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. My visit proves the deep routs of the military cooperation between our countries”, - said Michail Kostarakos.
Earlier Armenpress reported that the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Armenia had been discussing the issue of including the Armenian peacekeeping detachment in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. The negotiations on including the Armenian detachment in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were held with the Italian Defense Ministry and the UN on the structure of the detachment, location, issues, technical supply and other issues. Since 2012 one officer of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia has been included in the UN observation mission in Lebanon.
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia have been participating in the international peacekeeping missions since 2004. Earlier they served under the Greek command, but when Greece withdrew its contingent from Kosovo, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the American party in 2012 on the re-launch of the Armenian peacekeepers’ mission. Currently the Armenian peacekeepers serve in Kosovo in the American unit and in Afghanistan – in the German unit.