  Armenia to open 9 military industry enterprises jointly with Russia  June 30, 2011 - 19:02 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia takes Azerbaijan’s military rhetoric seriously enough, updating its military potential as the situation requires, National Security Council (NSC) Secretary stated. “Over the last 2 years, serious steps were taken to boost Armenian army’s fighting capacity. We adopted a 2011-2015 defense technology and armament development program, envisaging import of armament and defense technologies as well as the development of military industry in Armenia,” Artur Baghdasaryan stated. The NSC Secretary further emphasized the importance of Armenia-Russia Protocols with Russian side assuming responsibility for providing the safety of Armenian frontier jointly with Armenian armed forces. “Armenia-Russia military cooperation also envisages creation of 9 joint military industry enterprises,” Baghdasaryan said.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
