Armenia, Georgia looking to continue defense cooperationMay 5, 2022 - 13:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met on Wednesday, May 4 to discuss agreements on the development of bilateral cooperation in the defense sphere. Papikyan spoke about the steps taken by Armenia to establish peace in the region and stressed the role of Georgia in said processes. The Armenian Defense Minister thanked the Georgian Prime Minister for his efforts to repatriate Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan, thanks to which 15 Armenian prisoners of war returned to Armenia in June 2021. On May 4, the delegation led by Suren Papikyan visited the Heroes Square in Tbilisi, laid flowers at the monument and paid tribute. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |