EU and NATO partnership issues discussed

PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 10–11, a delegation led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Major General Artur Yeroyan, participated in a meeting of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, the Ministry of Defense reported.

Yeroyan presented reforms being implemented in the fields of military education and exercises as part of the ongoing transformation of Armenia’s armed forces.

Presentations were also delivered by Major General Arsen Mangasaryan, head of the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy, and Tigran Harutyunyan, coordinator of cooperation between the Armenian Ministry of Defense and NATO and the European Union in the field of military education.

Representatives of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College highly praised the changes being introduced in Armenia’s military educational institutions and emphasized the importance of expanding future cooperation, particularly within the framework of the EU military Erasmus program (EMILYO).

During the meeting, participants endorsed a proposal to grant associated partner status within the college to the Ministry of Defense’s National Defense Research University and the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy. The initiative has been forwarded to the college’s Steering Committee for final approval.

During the visit to Brussels, the Armenian Ministry of Defense delegation also held a meeting at NATO headquarters with Piers Cazalet, Director of the Defence and Security Cooperation Directorate.

The parties discussed ongoing defense cooperation programs as well as prospects for their further development.