YEREVAN, JUYLY 12, ARMENPRESS։ Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan met with the US Deputy Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper, ARMENPRESS reports, Armen Grigoryan wrote on his Facebook page.

"At the meeting, we discussed with my interlocutor the implementation of Armenian-American educational programs in the defense area, the reform process of the Armenian armed forces. In the context of the latter, I presented the efforts of the Republic of Armenia aimed at the democratic control of the Armenian armed forces. We touched on other issues of bilateral cooperation in the defense area."