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LITHUANIA'S DEFMIN, AMBASSADOR OF ARMENIA DISCUSS BILATERAL COOP
LETA, Lithuania
March 27, 2013 Wednesday
On March 26 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas discussed
bilateral defence cooperation and contribution to multinational
operations in a meeting with Ambassador of Armenia HE Ara Aivazian,
Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said.
At the meeting Minister Olekas expressed his delight over the bilateral
dialogue of Armenia and Lithuania in defence sector. In his turn,
Ambassador Aivazian thanked Lithuania for the manifold support in
military training. Minister Olekas also presented to the Ambassador
Lithuania's priorities for the Presidency of the Council of the
European Union - energy security and Easter Partnership (EaP).
The Minister and the Ambassador also addressed participation in
multinational operations and the upcoming visit by the Minister of
Defence of Armenia in Lithuania. Armenia's Minister of Defence is
expected to come to Vilnius in mid-April.
Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Defence of
Armenia have been cooperating since 2002 on the basis of an annually
updated military cooperation plan. Last update of the document was
signed in Yerevan in 2012.
The main area of Lithuania's and Armenia's defence cooperation
is military training. Expert-level consultations are consistently
held on law-making, military training, military medicine, public
relations, armed forces control, and other subject-matters. Armenia's
representatives are invited to study at the Baltic Defence College
(BALTDEFCOL) in Tartu (Estonia), founded by the three Baltic States,
and to attend international training and courses at the General Jonas
Zemaitis Lithuanian Military Academy.
Armenia is also invited to delegate military observers to multinational
exercises held in Lithuania. The country's representatives conducted
observation in the Exercise Amber Hope in Lithuania in 2003, 2005,
2007, 2009 and 2011.
From: Baghdasarian
LETA, Lithuania
March 27, 2013 Wednesday
On March 26 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas discussed
bilateral defence cooperation and contribution to multinational
operations in a meeting with Ambassador of Armenia HE Ara Aivazian,
Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said.
At the meeting Minister Olekas expressed his delight over the bilateral
dialogue of Armenia and Lithuania in defence sector. In his turn,
Ambassador Aivazian thanked Lithuania for the manifold support in
military training. Minister Olekas also presented to the Ambassador
Lithuania's priorities for the Presidency of the Council of the
European Union - energy security and Easter Partnership (EaP).
The Minister and the Ambassador also addressed participation in
multinational operations and the upcoming visit by the Minister of
Defence of Armenia in Lithuania. Armenia's Minister of Defence is
expected to come to Vilnius in mid-April.
Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Defence of
Armenia have been cooperating since 2002 on the basis of an annually
updated military cooperation plan. Last update of the document was
signed in Yerevan in 2012.
The main area of Lithuania's and Armenia's defence cooperation
is military training. Expert-level consultations are consistently
held on law-making, military training, military medicine, public
relations, armed forces control, and other subject-matters. Armenia's
representatives are invited to study at the Baltic Defence College
(BALTDEFCOL) in Tartu (Estonia), founded by the three Baltic States,
and to attend international training and courses at the General Jonas
Zemaitis Lithuanian Military Academy.
Armenia is also invited to delegate military observers to multinational
exercises held in Lithuania. The country's representatives conducted
observation in the Exercise Amber Hope in Lithuania in 2003, 2005,
2007, 2009 and 2011.
From: Baghdasarian