Armenian acting Defense Minister meets with his Russian counterpart in Moscow
The acting Minister of Defense of Armenia military Vagharshak Harutyunyan held a working meeting with Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Ria Novosty news agency reported. We are strengthening our military cooperation both in the bilateral format and within the framework of international structures, first of all, the CSTO, Sergei Shoigu said, opening the working meeting.The Russian Defence Minister congratulated Vagharshak Harutyunyan and the entire Armenian people on the state holiday Republic Day. I want to congratulate you on the national holiday, which is celebrated today by the whole Republic, and on this day you found it possible to come to Moscow, this shows that relations between our countries are still at a very high level, and we continue to develop and deepen our strategic partnership, the head of the Russian military department said, as quoted by the
The wounded soldier was taken to hospital, it said.
Armenia’s defense ministry denied Baku’s assertion, the TASS news agency reported.
The Azeri allegations came as Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held talks with his Armenian counterpart Vagharshak Harutyunyan in Moscow. He said Russia planned to boost its military cooperation with Armenia.
Russia, which has a mutual defense pact with Armenia and a military base there, sent peacekeepers to secure a ceasefire in November after Azeri troops drove ethnic Armenian forces out of territory in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
“We are strengthening our military cooperation both on the bilateral level and as part of international structures, most of all the Collective Security Treaty Organization,” the Interfax news agency quoted Shoigu as saying.
Russia, Armenia successfully implementing treaty on joint forces, says defense chief
The Russian defense chief Sergey Shoigu also congratulated his Armenian counterpart and the entire Armenian people on the state holiday, Republic Day
MOSCOW, May 28. /TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu and his Armenian counterpart Vagharshak Harutyunyan held a working meeting in Moscow on Friday. We are strengthening our military interaction both in the bilateral format and within the framework of international structures, first of all, the CSTO [the Collective Security Treaty Organization], Shoigu said while opening the working meeting.
As the Russian defense chief pointed out, the sides are successfully implementing the agreements on establishing the joint group of troops of our armed forces and also the joint regional air defense system in the Caucasian collective security region.
YEREVAN, MAY 28, ARMENPRESS. Caretaker Defense Minister of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan met in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu on May 28.