U.S., Armenia agree to hold first joint military drills
YEREVAN – The United States and Armenia have reached preliminary agreement to hold their first-ever joint military exercises, reports say.
Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Davit Karapetyan said the drills will be held in 2012 or 2013 and involve the two countries’ troops engaged in multinational peacekeeping operations.
The agreement to hold the exercises was reached during defense consultations held in Washington last week by US Assistant Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow and an Armenian delegation headed by First Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan.
Tonoyan also met separately with U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and Eric Rubin, the newly appointed deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia. The Pentagon issued no statements on the talks.
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