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RA Defense Minister bids farewell to French Ambassador to Armenia

RA Defense Minister bids farewell to French Ambassador to Armenia

ArmInfo.  Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan met with outgoing French Ambassador to  Armenia Olivier Decottignies. This was reported by the press service  of the Armenian Ministry of Defense.

The head of the Ministry of Defense thanked the French Ambassador for  the close cooperation established during his tenure and wished him  success in his future endeavors.

Papikyan noted the achievements of Armenian-French defense  cooperation, particularly in military- technical cooperation,  military education and training, the exchange of experience in  various fields, joint exercises, and other areas. It should be noted  that on September 27, 2023, then-French Foreign Minister Catherine  Colonna announced the appointment of a French military attache in  Yerevan to further strengthen bilateral defense cooperation.

And already in early October, France responded positively to  Armenia's request for military assistance amid the threat posed by  Azerbaijan. On October 22-23, at a meeting in Paris between French  Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Armenian Defense Minister  Suren Papikyan, an agreement on arms supplies to Yerevan was  announced. Agreements were signed for the supply of three Thales  Ground Master 200 (GM200) radars to Yerevan and a memorandum of  understanding for the supply of Mistral short-range air defense  systems. A second contract concerned the acquisition by Yerevan of  night vision binoculars, equipment manufactured by Safran. Under the  contract, France was to supply Armenia with 50 Bastion light armored  vehicles.  

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