Russian arms supplies vital for Armenia – minister

Armenia’s minister of defense highly praised the Russian government’s move to provide arms supplies  to the country, considering it increasingly vital for developing capacities the sector.

Meeting Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu in Moscow, Seyran Ohanyan also expressed his content with the two countries’ cooperation in the area.

“I am very thankful to you for the great help in technical-military cooperation and the supply of military goods. They are of vital importance for us,” the news agency TASS quotes the minister as telling the Russian official.

Ohanyan said he finds meetings of the kind a good opportunity to discuss also perspectives of military and technical-military cooperation. “Thanks to your efforts, as well as the Russian servicemen – our friends – the year 2015 was unique. All the measures of military cooperation have been fulfilled,” he added.

The minister noted that the two countries had never before had such a rich agenda of bilateral partnership.