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    UPI Intelligence Watch
    Sept 30, 2004

    By John C.K. Daly and Martin Sieff
    UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

    The Caucasus, since the end of the Cold War a scene of rivalry
    between Russia and the United States, has another foreign player. The
    U.K. Ministry of Defense and Armenia's Ministry of Defense have
    concluded a memorandum of understanding on defense contacts and
    cooperation. Armenian Minister of Defense Serzh Sarkisyan and
    the British Ambassador to Armenia Thorda Abbott-Watt signed the
    memorandum in Yerevan at the Armenian Ministry of Defense. The
    memorandum aims is to further strengthen relations between the two
    ministries and increase cooperation in defense matters. Since 2003,
    the United Kingdom has sponsored a variety of training courses outside
    Armenia for 16 members of the Armenian Armed Forces, including the
    first Armenian cadet ever to attend the Royal Military Academy at
    Sandhurst. The British Ministry of Defense also funds English-language
    courses under the Peacekeeping English Program run by the British
    Council Armenia at the Armenian Ministry of Defense. The MOU will
    put existing cooperation programs on a formal footing, enabling the
    United Kingdom and Armenia to develop further contacts in areas such
    as defense management in democratic societies, language training,
    peacekeeping, humanitarian operations and arms control.
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