SERGE SARGSYAN VISITED BALTIC MILITARY COLLEGE IN TARTU

PanARMENIAN.Net - As PanARMENIAN.Net came to know from the Armenian Portal in Estonia, on September 8 the Armenian delegation headed by Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan and Armenian Ambassador to Estonia Ashot Hovakiamyan visited the Baltic Military College in Tartu. Afterwards they attended the Khachkar, which was brought in 1978 from Armenia as a token of friendship between the Estonian and Armenian people initiated by outstanding Armenian enlightener Khachatur Abovyan, who studied in the Tartu University. The Armenian Defense Minister also met with the members of the Armenian Diaspora, who expressed hope that the friendship between the two nations will renew and the visits of the Armenian delegation to Estonia as well as the visit of the Estonian President to Armenia will convey an impulse to the Armenian-Estonian relations. To remind, the RA Defense Minister is visiting Estonia with the framework of the NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). Segre Sargsyan is scheduled to meet with Estonian Defense Minister Jaak Joeruut and Chief of the Headquarters of the Estonian Defense Forces Colonel Alar Laneman to discuss the military reform carried out in both states, regional partnership and participation of the Armenian and Estonian military in the international peacekeeping operations. Today the Armenian Defense Minister will sign a memorandum on the development of military cooperation. Before leaving the country he will visit the Armenian Church in Tallinn.