Armenia, India to establish joint working group on bilateral defense cooperation
ArmInfo. On May 14, the first defence consultations between the Ministries of Defence of Armenia
and India were held at the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia, under the chairmanship of the Head of the Department of Defence Policy and International Cooperation MoD of Armenia, Levon
Ayvazyan, and the Joint Secretary for International Cooperation Ministry of Defence of India, Shri Vishwesh Negi.
As the press service of the RA MoD reports, the consultations were
also attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
India to the Republic of Armenia, Nilakshi Saha Sinha, and the
Defence Attach‚, Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan.
During the consultations, the present state of cooperation between
Armenia and India in the defence sector and prospects for future
development, including military-technical, military education and
combat training of personnel, exchange of experience and others, were
discussed.
Additionally, the meeting addressed issues related to regional
security.
Levon Ayvazyan provided an overview of the ongoing reforms within the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Protocol on the results of the
consultations was signed, which approved the Cooperation Plan between
the Defence Ministries of Armenia and India for the years 2024- 2025,
and provided for the establishment of a joint working group on the
issues of bilateral defence cooperation.