ArmInfo.In Rome on March 26-28, regular military-political consultations were held.
As the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry shared with ArmInfo, from the Armenian side the delegation headed by the deputy head of the Defense Policy Department Mher Yisraelian participated in the consultations. The consultations are held on an annual basis alternately in Yerevan and Rome, at the level of the senior staff of the Directorate for Security and Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense of the two countries.
The consultations touched upon the projects of Armenian-Italian defensive cooperation, regional and international security issues, summed up the results of military cooperation in 2017. The sides highly appreciated the implementation of the joint peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (since 2014).
Following the consultations, a defense cooperation plan for 2018 was signed. The plan provides for a number of activities: on mountain training, military police, military education, international carabinieri mission, involving the military police.