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    ARMENIAN, LATVIAN DEFENCE MINISTERS SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT

    Arminfo
    7 Sep 05

    Yerevan, 7 September: The Armenian and Latvian defence ministers, Serzh
    Sarkisyan and Einars Repse, signed a military cooperation agreement
    in Riga yesterday, the press service of the Armenian Defence Ministry
    told Arminfo today.

    Einars Repse said at the meeting that Latvia has doubled its attention
    to the South Caucasus since it joined NATO and it is high time to
    intensify military cooperation between Armenia and Latvia, the press
    release said. Informing his opposite number about the pace of reforms
    in Armenia's defence sphere, Sarkisyan said that the Armenian armed
    forces do not meet NATO and EU standards due to insufficient funding,
    however, Armenia aims to achieve this.

    He said that Armenia plans to completely reform its armed forces
    by 2015, and therefore, Armenia is interested in cooperation with
    Latvia as a country with great experience. The Armenian defence
    minister expressed his wish to learn about the structure of the
    Latvian Defence Ministry, its international experience and the sphere
    of civil defence. The two defence ministers spoke out in favour of
    intensifying political contacts between Armenia and Latvia in the
    military sphere. Sarkisyan invited his counterpart to pay a return
    visit to Armenia.
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