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ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS AFGHANISTAN
Hurriyet Daily News
July 29 2010
Turkey
Armenian and German troops are training for operations in Afghanistan
at the Germersheim training center on July 22. AP photo
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian visited Afghanistan, where
he inspected Armenian troops and met with Afghan officials and top
NATO military commanders, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian
Service reported Wednesday.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said Ohanian, whose three-day visit
ended on Monday, held meetings to discuss Afghanistan's "security
environment." He met with, among others, General David Petraeus,
the commander of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.
Armenia is one of 43 NATO member or partner states making up the
multinational contingent in Afghanistan, having sent a 40-strong
combat unit there early this year.
The troops were deployed near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz and
are in charge of protecting a local military airport.
Ohanian visited Armenian troops and inspected observation posts,
barracks, and equipment.
Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamian, the Armenian Army's chief chaplain,
accompanied the minister and consecrated a small chapel built in the
troops' military compound.
According to the Defense Ministry statement, Petraeus thanked Ohanian
for the "excellent and exemplary service" of the Armenian soldiers.
Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak likewise praised the
Armenian troops during talks with Ohanian in Kabul on Saturday,
the Defense Ministry statement said.
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet Daily News
July 29 2010
Turkey
Armenian and German troops are training for operations in Afghanistan
at the Germersheim training center on July 22. AP photo
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian visited Afghanistan, where
he inspected Armenian troops and met with Afghan officials and top
NATO military commanders, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian
Service reported Wednesday.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said Ohanian, whose three-day visit
ended on Monday, held meetings to discuss Afghanistan's "security
environment." He met with, among others, General David Petraeus,
the commander of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.
Armenia is one of 43 NATO member or partner states making up the
multinational contingent in Afghanistan, having sent a 40-strong
combat unit there early this year.
The troops were deployed near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz and
are in charge of protecting a local military airport.
Ohanian visited Armenian troops and inspected observation posts,
barracks, and equipment.
Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamian, the Armenian Army's chief chaplain,
accompanied the minister and consecrated a small chapel built in the
troops' military compound.
According to the Defense Ministry statement, Petraeus thanked Ohanian
for the "excellent and exemplary service" of the Armenian soldiers.
Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak likewise praised the
Armenian troops during talks with Ohanian in Kabul on Saturday,
the Defense Ministry statement said.
From: A. Papazian