Armenia and Russia sign documents to deepen military-technical cooperation

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan met with Directorof theFederal ServiceforMilitary-Technical Cooperation(FSMTC) of the Russian FederationAlexander Fominon October 13. Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to ArmeniaIvan Volinkin took part in the meeting.

Current issues and perspectives for the development of military-technical cooperation were the subject of the discussion.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, Alexander Fominparticularly noted the broad opportunities to carry out joint ventures in the sphere and expressed readiness to bring them into life and in this context highlighted holding the ArmHitec-2016 international arms expo in Yerevan.

Defense Minister of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan emphasized the significant scientific-educational potential and the lucrative solutions of Armenia which can be used not only for defense purposes, but also for entering international markets.

The sides also discussed the agreements reached in the sidelines of military-technical cooperation and expressed satisfaction over their implementation process.

At the end of the meeting First Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan and Deputy Directorof theFederal ServiceforMilitary-Technical Cooperationof the Russian FederationVladimirDrozhzhov signed an Additional Protocol regulating the military-technical cooperation.

Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan and FSMTC Director Alexander Fomin signed an agreement on the implementation procedure of the “agreement for the development of military-technical cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation”.