YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. Lt. general Igor Kirilov, commander of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces is in Yerevan on a working visit March 10-13 for bilateral discussions with Armenian counterparts.

The defense ministry said Kirilov was received on March 11 by Major General Onik Gasparyan, the First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces.

Radiation, chemical and biological security issues, as well as the Armenian-Russian cooperation situation in the direction and prospects of joint activities were discussed.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan