Armenian-Russian military-technical cooperation has historical and  geopolitical prerequisites

ArmInfo. Military-technical cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation is developing on the basis of the Treaty of Friendship,  Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance of August 29, 1997, and has a  number of historical and geopolitical prerequisites. This was stated  by Armenian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Gurgen Arsenyan at a  gala reception dedicated to the 34th anniversary of the founding of  the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.

"However, the main component of this interaction is the centuries-old  friendship between our peoples, the historical commonality of our  countries, and the enduring memory of our shared Victory in the Great  Patriotic War," the Armenian diplomat said, according to the Armenian  Embassy in the Russian Federation.

"The Army's main achievements in recent years include equipping it  with fundamentally new, high-quality weapons, successfully  implementing voluntary military certification programs, introducing a  sergeant system, reducing the length of mandatory military service,  and digitalization," Arsenyan added.

The reception also featured speeches from the Embassy's Military  Attache, Colonel Garegin Meliksetyan, and Major General Viktor  Shevtsov, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for International  Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the  Ministry of Defense, ambassadors of foreign states accredited to  Russia, military attaches, and other distinguished guests  participated in the event.