Armenia-U.S. military cooperation not restricted to NATO framework
The most visible and well-known example of military cooperation is through the partnership program that Armenia has with NATO, which Armenia has made good progress on fulfilling the commitments under its purpose, according to U.S. Charge d'Affairs in Armenia, Mr Joseph Pennington.
"There is also of course the cooperation and the contribution that Armenia has given on the ground in difficult places like Iraq and Kosovo which is tremendously appreciated by the United States. We specifically are very pleased that as of about a week ago, Armenian has doubled its commitment to troops on the ground in Kosovo," Mr Pennington said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.
"At the same time, the United States military provides in a number of military areas assistance to Armenia whether it's for equipment, training, help with drafting strategic military documents and so on, civilization of the military. And so there are a lot of aspects to the military relationship which we think is developing well," he said.
Full text of the interview
"There is also of course the cooperation and the contribution that Armenia has given on the ground in difficult places like Iraq and Kosovo which is tremendously appreciated by the United States. We specifically are very pleased that as of about a week ago, Armenian has doubled its commitment to troops on the ground in Kosovo," Mr Pennington said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.
"At the same time, the United States military provides in a number of military areas assistance to Armenia whether it's for equipment, training, help with drafting strategic military documents and so on, civilization of the military. And so there are a lot of aspects to the military relationship which we think is developing well," he said.
