On May 10, Armenia-Greece-Cyprus trilateral cooperation planning consultations were held in the administrative complex of Armenia’s Ministry of Defense.
The consultations were attended by the delegations led by Levon Ayvazyan, Head of the Defense Policy and International Cooperation Department of Armenia’s Ministry of Defense, Head of the Military Cooperation Planning and Implementation Department of the General Staff of the Hellenic National Defense, Colonel Socrates Serves, Head of the Cyprus National Guard Strategy and Policy Department, Colonel Lucas Hajikonstantinos.
During the meeting, the works carried out in the framework of the military cooperation carried out in the previous years within the framework of bilateral and trilateral military cooperation between Armenia and Greece and Cyprus were discussed, the prospects of the development of cooperation were discussed.
The interlocutors also discussed issues related to regional security and international developments.
The head of the Department of Defense Policy and International Cooperation of Armenia’s Ministry of Defense presented the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), stressed the need for efforts for stability and peace in the region.
Based on the agreements reached during the consultations, Bilateral Military Cooperation Program 2022 between Armenia and Greece, as well as the Armenia-Greece-Cyprus Trilateral Military Cooperation Action Plan were signed (Bilateral Military Cooperation Program 2022 between Armenia and Cyprus was signed in October 2021).
The signed documents envisage several dozen events in Armenia, Greece and Cyprus, which include combat training in special forces, peacekeeping, military medicine, engineering, and other fields, exchange of experience in various fields, exchange of information and military consultations.