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    NATO TO BROADEN CONSULTATIVE, EXPERT ASSISTANCE TO ARMENIA

    ITAR-TASS
    February 29, 2012 Wednesday 10:44 PM GMT+4
    Russia

    The North Atlantic Alliance is ready to further broaden consultative
    and expert assistance to Armenia in the field of defence, NATO
    Assistant Secretary General Defence Policy and Planning, Ambassador
    Huseyin Dirioz said at a meeting with Armenian Defence Minister Seiran
    Oganyan on Wednesday, February 29.

    The NATO officer's visit to Armenia is timed to coincide with the
    arrival of a joint group of NATO in the country for evaluating
    the Defence Ministry's progress in implementing the individual
    partnership plan with the alliance as well as the national army
    planning and review.

    The sides discussed the main areas of cooperation between the Armenian
    Defence Ministry and NATO, as well as the agenda of the upcoming NATO
    summit to be held in Chicago with the participation of the member
    states of the Partnership for Peace programme.

    Armenia also participated in the NATO-led operation in Afghanistan. At
    Germany's request, the number of Armenian troops in Afghanistan has
    been increased from 45 to 130. They will stay in Afghanistan until
    the end of 2012.

    "As far as the exchange of experience is concerned, the participation
    of Armenian troops in the international force in Afghanistan can
    hardly be overestimated. This allows our units to get to know the
    latest achievements and the Western combat art, use modern weapons,
    hardware and high technologies provided by Germany in combat, and
    learn new tactics," Oganyan said earlier.

    "This is not only participation in multinational operations but also
    intensive training" as well as "education for our troops", he added.

    Initially, the Armenian contingent was composed of a motorised infantry
    platoon of 36 troops, three liaison officers and a military medic. They
    serve in a German unit under NATO's Regional Command North and carry
    out a peacekeeping mission within the International Security Assistance
    Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

    The Armenian parliament voted for the participation in the
    international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan on December 8, 2009.

    The International Security Assistance Force is a NATO-led security
    mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security
    Council on December 20, 2001 by Resolution 1386.

    All NATO members have contributed troops to the ISAF, as well as some
    other partner states of NATO.

    Armenia and NATO will continue consultations on Thursday, March 1. The
    focus will be on mutual obligations in the field of defence reform
    in Armenia and international military cooperation, as well as review
    of assistance needed for the implementation of reform plans.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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