RA defense ministers meets with reps of French defense companies 

ArmInfo. On March 26, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan met with representatives of French defence companies at the "Movement of International French Enterprises" organization.

  During the meeting, issues related to cooperation between the  Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia and French military  industry enterprises were discussed.

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. France has  already supplied Armenia with 24 Bastion-class light armored  vehicles. In total, Armenia will receive 50 such vehicles.