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Economic Press Review
September 8, 2004 Wednesday
Armenia to Send Troops to Iraq
Yerevan. Appeared in Russian in Moscow's NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
[Independent gazette]. Armenia is the second CIS country after
Ukraine to deploy its troops in Iraq. Armenian peacekeepers will
serve as part of the coalition forced under the command of Poland.
President Robert Kocharian of Armenia and Aleksandr Kwasniewski of
Poland reached an agreement to this effect during Pres. Kocharian's
visit to Poland. Fifty servicemen of the Armenia contingent will be
sent to Iraq as part of a cooperation agreement between Armenia and
Poland, which the presidents signed in Warsaw. Armenia's Defense
Minister Serge Sarkisian, who accompanied Pres. Kocharian during his
visit to Poland, told journalists that the government decided to send
troops to Iraq, because "despite of its size and remoteness from
Europe, Armenia feels that it is a part of Europe."
Economic Press Review
September 8, 2004 Wednesday
Armenia to Send Troops to Iraq
Yerevan. Appeared in Russian in Moscow's NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA
[Independent gazette]. Armenia is the second CIS country after
Ukraine to deploy its troops in Iraq. Armenian peacekeepers will
serve as part of the coalition forced under the command of Poland.
President Robert Kocharian of Armenia and Aleksandr Kwasniewski of
Poland reached an agreement to this effect during Pres. Kocharian's
visit to Poland. Fifty servicemen of the Armenia contingent will be
sent to Iraq as part of a cooperation agreement between Armenia and
Poland, which the presidents signed in Warsaw. Armenia's Defense
Minister Serge Sarkisian, who accompanied Pres. Kocharian during his
visit to Poland, told journalists that the government decided to send
troops to Iraq, because "despite of its size and remoteness from
Europe, Armenia feels that it is a part of Europe."