THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF THE USA WILL ALLOT ARMENIA 300.000 DOLLARSJuly 25, 2000 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 25.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The signing of the "Agreement between the government of the USA and the government of the Republic of Armenia concerning cooperation in the area of counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction" will strengthen cooperation between Armenia and the United States.As was reported to MEDIAMAX in the press office of the Ministry of Defense of the USA, about this declared the Secretary of Defense of the USA William S. Cohen at the joint briefing with his Armenian colleague Serzh Sarkisian who is in the USA on a visit. Cohen noted that within the framework of the agreement , signed on July 24, the United States will provide Armenia with $300,000 of equipment and training. "It will help Armenia to improve its customs and border patrol services in order to control the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons as well", declared the Secretary of Defense of the USA. William Cohen also noted that earlier this year the USA agreed to assist Armenia with demining, training and equipment to help clear landmines left by the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh with Azerbaijan. The Secretary of Defense of the USA said that no troop involvement is envisaged after the agreement. According to him, their military people will deal only with customs and border control training of Armenia. -0- Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |