Armenian-American cooperation in defense sector continues to evolveSeptember 9, 2009 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian received a delegation from the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies U.S. Department of Defense at the National Defense University, which included former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Michael Lemon, Dr. Roger Kangas, and the Colonel, Professor Anne Moysan. During the conversation, the Armenian Defense Minister noted that the Armenian-American cooperation in the defense sector continues to evolve in matters of military education, military medicine, mine clearance and awareness of military training. During the meeting the importance of cooperation in security and defense with the US National Defense University was stressed. The officials discussed the possibility of joint conference on "Security challenges in responding to natural disasters" together with the Institute for National Strategic Studies, RA Ministry of Defense. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |