Armenia, Greece expanding military and technical cooperation
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As stated in the explanation to the document, bilateral military cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Greece is carried out by the "Agreement on military cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Greece", signed in 2011 in order to ensure proper conditions for military-technical cooperation on the basis equality and mutual respect. Over the years, agreements were signed on the procedure and conditions for training citizens of the Republic of Armenia in military educational institutions of Greece, on cooperation in the field of weapons and defense technologies, military medicine, which provided for cooperation in the areas of military education, military exercises, military medicine and topography.
In 2018, the Armenian side invited the Greek side to sign the Agreement "On military-technical cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Greece" at the interstate level. The agreement was signed on December 14, 2023 in Athens - the document was signed by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikolaos Dendias and the Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan as part of the latter's official visit to Greece.
Ratification of the agreement fully corresponds to the strategic interests of the Republic of Armenia and its implementation makes it possible to expand international cooperation in the military-technical sphere, develop the military-industrial complex, create opportunities for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia in terms of equipping the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia with modern weapons, military and other equipment and future development.