Armenia army chief, U.S. Defense Attaché discuss army reform, KarabakhSeptember 16, 2021 - 14:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Chief of the Army General Staff, Lieutenant General Artak Davtyan met the newly appointed U.S. Defense Attaché to Armenia, Colonel Gregory Pipes on Wednesday, September 15. Issues related to the security situation in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) after the end of the hostilities and the reforms of the Armed Forces were discussed during the meeting. The parties reaffirmed their readiness to develop the Armenian-American military cooperation, emphasizing that the current programs should be continued, new mutually beneficial directions should be initiated. Davtyan also congratulated Colonel Pipes on assuming the post of U.S. Defense Attaché and wished him productive work. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |