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ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITING LITHUANIA
Baltic News Service
September 8, 2004
VILNIUS, Sep 08 -- Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian, currently
on a visit to Lithuania, is to discuss bilateral military cooperation
with Lithuanian officials and get acquainted with NATO's air-policing
functions in the Baltic states.
Sargsian, who arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday evening, will meet
on Wednesday with President Valdas Adamkus, Defense Minister Linas
Linkevicius, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, parliamentary National
Security and Defense Committee Chairman Alvydas Sadeckas, members of
the committee and Land Forces Commander Brigade General Arvydas Pocius.
According to a press release from the Defense Ministry, the Lithuanian
and Armenian defense ministers will discuss prospects of regional
cooperation, bilateral military ties, NATO enlargement processes and
the course of armed forces reforms.
After the meeting, the two officials will sign a cooperation treaty
on studies of Armenian officers at the Lithuanian War Academy.
Analogous documents have already been signed with Georgian and
Azerbaijani ministries of defense.
On Thursday, Sargsian will go to the Lithuanian First Air Base in
Zokniai to meet with troops of the international contingent performing
the air-policing mission in the three Baltic states.
NATO forces started patrolling the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian
air space since the Baltic states joined the alliance in the end of
March. Danish troops with five F-16 fighters are now guarding the
Baltic air space.
The Lithuanian Defense Ministry has taken the initiative to transfer
the Baltic military cooperation experience to countries of the South
Caucasus region.
Lithuania also assists in the training of Armenian officers by offering
a possibility to study at Lithuanian military training institutions
and paying for studies of one Armenian officer at the Baltic Defense
College in the Estonian city Tartu.
Armenia has been participating in the Partnership for Peace program
since 1994.
Baltic News Service
September 8, 2004
VILNIUS, Sep 08 -- Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian, currently
on a visit to Lithuania, is to discuss bilateral military cooperation
with Lithuanian officials and get acquainted with NATO's air-policing
functions in the Baltic states.
Sargsian, who arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday evening, will meet
on Wednesday with President Valdas Adamkus, Defense Minister Linas
Linkevicius, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, parliamentary National
Security and Defense Committee Chairman Alvydas Sadeckas, members of
the committee and Land Forces Commander Brigade General Arvydas Pocius.
According to a press release from the Defense Ministry, the Lithuanian
and Armenian defense ministers will discuss prospects of regional
cooperation, bilateral military ties, NATO enlargement processes and
the course of armed forces reforms.
After the meeting, the two officials will sign a cooperation treaty
on studies of Armenian officers at the Lithuanian War Academy.
Analogous documents have already been signed with Georgian and
Azerbaijani ministries of defense.
On Thursday, Sargsian will go to the Lithuanian First Air Base in
Zokniai to meet with troops of the international contingent performing
the air-policing mission in the three Baltic states.
NATO forces started patrolling the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian
air space since the Baltic states joined the alliance in the end of
March. Danish troops with five F-16 fighters are now guarding the
Baltic air space.
The Lithuanian Defense Ministry has taken the initiative to transfer
the Baltic military cooperation experience to countries of the South
Caucasus region.
Lithuania also assists in the training of Armenian officers by offering
a possibility to study at Lithuanian military training institutions
and paying for studies of one Armenian officer at the Baltic Defense
College in the Estonian city Tartu.
Armenia has been participating in the Partnership for Peace program
since 1994.