Armenia, Russia team up to produce radio-electronic defense equipmentOctober 13, 2016 - 16:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Russia will establish joint ventures for the production of air defense and radio-electronic defense equipment, officials from both states agreed on Thursday, October 13 on the sidelines of ArmHiTec-2016, an international exhibition of arms and defense technologies. Launched on Thursday, October 13, the exhibition will run through October 15. At the meeting, Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan and Chairman of Russia’s Military-Industrial Commission Board Oleg Bochkarev hailed the military cooperation between the two states and expressed hooe pf deepening the collaboration in this sphere. The officials dwelled upon opportunities of creating joint ventures for manufacturing automobile and engineering machinery, as well as air defense and radio-electronic defense equipment, Aysor said. Read also: ArmHiTec-2016 brings 50 modern armament manufacturers together Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |