Armenia, Greece sign military cooperation program for 2008

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Greece signed a military cooperation program for 2008, RA Armed Forces General Staff Chief, Colonel General Seyran Ohanyan told reporters on Tuesday.



"We discussed military and technical cooperation with Lieutenant General Dimitrios Grapsas, the Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS), who is currently in Armenia," Col. Gen. Ohanyan said after attendance of the Memorial Complex to Armenian Genocide victims.



"The program includes cooperation in education, defense reform and peacekeeping missions. Other agreements were also achieved," he said.



The sides noted that the cooperation plan for 2007 was completely implemented.



"I am hopeful this visit will cement bilateral ties. During recent years our nations and armed forces established more friendly and fraternal relations," Col. Gen. Ohanyan said.



For his part, Lieut. General Grapsas underscored that the Greek Armed Forces will also support Armenia.



"I want to thank General Ohanyan for invitation to our fraternal state, whose people defended their freedom," he said, Novosti Armenia reports.