Armenia, Georgia looking to continue defense cooperationMay 5, 2022 - 13:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met on Wednesday, May 4 to discuss agreements on the development of bilateral cooperation in the defense sphere. Papikyan spoke about the steps taken by Armenia to establish peace in the region and stressed the role of Georgia in said processes. The Armenian Defense Minister thanked the Georgian Prime Minister for his efforts to repatriate Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan, thanks to which 15 Armenian prisoners of war returned to Armenia in June 2021. On May 4, the delegation led by Suren Papikyan visited the Heroes Square in Tbilisi, laid flowers at the monument and paid tribute. 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. |