From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2007 - 10:55:23 EDT
ARMENIAN, ROMANIA SIGN MILITARY-COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian and Defense Minister Mikael Harutiunian met on October 10 in Yerevan with a delegation led by Romanian Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu, Arminfo reported. During the meeting, the three ministers formally signed a new bilateral agreement on military cooperation calling for the expansion of military-education opportunities for Armenian officers to study in Romanian military academies. The Romanian delegation also briefed the Armenian officials on "issues related to security in the Black Sea region" and discussed "the most recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement," according to an Armenian Defense Ministry press release cited by the Mediamax news agency. RG
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