PENTAGON HEAD VISIT TO BE ONLY FIRST STEP FOR PLANNED ARMENIAN-AMERICAN MILITARY COOPERATIONDecember 11, 2001 - 22:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The forthcoming visit of USA defense minister Donald Rumsfeld to Yerevan will be just the first step made for the Armenian-American military cooperation. US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia John Ordway has stated this to the «Arminfo» correspondent. According to him at the meeting of the Pentagon head and the Armenian leadership all the spectrum of issues particularly the methods of joint struggle against the international terrorism will be discussed. But the Ambassador has not informed whether the signing of any agreements is planned.![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |