Thursday, February 27 2020 17:01

ArmInfo. Armenia and Georgia signed a military cooperation plan for 2020. This was  announced at a joint press conference in the negotiations between  Minister of Defense of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili and his Armenian  counterpart David Tonoyan on February 27 in Yerevan.

"The plan provides for the holding of activities between the two  countries in the defense sector: military education, social  protection of military personnel, peacekeeping, skiing. An agreement  was also reached to expand cooperation in a number of other areas, so  far not including them in the bilateral cooperation plan. I would  like to assure that Armenia and Georgia mutually respect each other's  democratic and national value systems, decisions related to ensuring  national security and seek to contribute to the idea of building a  safer and more prosperous South Caucasus in the future, "Tonoyan  noted.

He added that during the meeting the issues of the agenda of the  Armenia-Georgia relations, regional and international security, as  well as the development of defense cooperation between the two  countries were discussed.

Tonoyan expressed gratitude to Garibashvili that in the South  Caucasus region he after his appointment makes his first official  visit to Armenia. Tonoyan stated that relations with Georgia are  important for Armenia and should continue to develop in the spirit of  good neighborliness based on mutual respect.  In turn, Garibashvili  assured that it is a great honor for him to be in Armenia today, a  country with which Georgia has developed good neighborly relations  over the centuries, based on mutual respect.

The Georgian minister emphasized that he had interesting and in-depth  discussions with his Armenian counterpart on various issues of both  the bilateral and multilateral agendas, and exchanged views on  regional challenges.

"We agreed that there is no alternative to the development of our  good neighborly relations, just as there is no alternative to a  peaceful settlement of conflicts and ensuring peace and stability in  the region. Vivid evidence of this is the dynamically developing  cooperation between our countries at various levels," Garibashvili  said, once again recalling the stable interaction of the two defense  departments in ensuring regional stability and strengthening  security.