Yerevan approves military cooperation agreement with Athens

YEREVAN, March 7. /ARKA/. The Armenian government at a session on Thursday approved an agreement on military cooperation with Greece, signed in December 2023 by Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias during Papikyan's visit to Athens.

Earlier, in 2011, the two sides signed a framework agreement on defense cooperation. Based on that agreement, Armenian servicemen receive training in Greek military academies. The sides also exchanged data on armaments and military technologies.

In 2018, the Armenian side proposed a specialized agreement on military cooperation, which was signed in December 2023. The document envisages the exchange of experience, as well as the possibility of joint development and production of armaments.

The agreement will be considered in the Constitutional Court and then in the Parliament for ratification. --0--