Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
October 20, 2004, Wednesday
A GROUP OF U.S. SPECIALISTS WILL ARIVE IN ARMENIA IN ORDER TO
EVALUATE THE TASKS OF REALIZATION OF THE PROGRAM OF U.S. AID
A group of US experts will soon arrive in Armenia. This statement was
made by US Deputy Secretary of State Laura Kennedy at a meeting with
Armenian Defense Minister Serj Sargsyan. The information and
propaganda department of the Armenian Defense Ministry reports that
the experts' conclusions will let the republic concentrate on
concrete tasks of realization of the program of US aid. Laura Kennedy
thanked the Armenian government for its readiness to send a military
contingent to Iraq. Sargsyan focused on the development of
US-Armenian military relations. He said: "I'd like to note that this
is very important for us." According to the agreement signed in 2002
the US government gave $7 million to Armenia for modernizing military
communication systems.
Source: RIA Novosti, October 18, 2004
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
October 20, 2004, Wednesday
A GROUP OF U.S. SPECIALISTS WILL ARIVE IN ARMENIA IN ORDER TO
EVALUATE THE TASKS OF REALIZATION OF THE PROGRAM OF U.S. AID
A group of US experts will soon arrive in Armenia. This statement was
made by US Deputy Secretary of State Laura Kennedy at a meeting with
Armenian Defense Minister Serj Sargsyan. The information and
propaganda department of the Armenian Defense Ministry reports that
the experts' conclusions will let the republic concentrate on
concrete tasks of realization of the program of US aid. Laura Kennedy
thanked the Armenian government for its readiness to send a military
contingent to Iraq. Sargsyan focused on the development of
US-Armenian military relations. He said: "I'd like to note that this
is very important for us." According to the agreement signed in 2002
the US government gave $7 million to Armenia for modernizing military
communication systems.
Source: RIA Novosti, October 18, 2004