David Tonoyan and Sergei Shoigu signed a defense cooperation draft  for 2020

ArmInfo. The  Armenian-Russian talks were held at the Armenian Ministry of Defense,  led by Defense Minister David Tonoyan and Russian Defense Minister  Sergei Shoigu.

As ArmInfo was informed in the press service of the RA Ministry of  Defense, a tete-a-tete meeting of Tonoyan-Shoigu was held from the  beginning, which continued in an expanded format with the  participation of delegations.

In his welcoming remarks, Tonoyan highly appreciating the current  state of the Armenian-Russian strategic cooperation, noted with  satisfaction the effectiveness of joint activities in the military  and military-technical sectors.

At the same time, the Armenian minister expressed his conviction that  this visit of the delegation of the Russian defense department will  give a new impetus to the further development of the Armenian-Russian  allied relations and will contribute to strengthening stability and  security in the region.

In turn, Shoigu noted that his visit began from Gyumri, and in this  context indicated the friendly attitude of the local population  towards the personnel of the 102nd Russian military base.  The  Minister of Defense of Russia noted with satisfaction that there is a  high level of cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral formats  in the defense sector and their strategic, allied nature. At the same  time, he pointed out the importance of the consistent development of  cooperation in the field of joint combat training, operational  planning, military education, improving the efficiency of the 102nd  Russian military base and several other areas.

At the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the current state  of the Armenian-Russian strategic, allied partnership, on ways and  prospects for further development of cooperation, as well as on  regional and international security issues. The parties touched on  the humanitarian mission carried out in Syria.  Following the visit,  a draft of defense cooperation between Armenia and Russia for 2020  was signed, which includes a wide range of areas of bilateral  cooperation.