NATO advisory group conducts visit to Armenia

A NATO support mission providing counselling to Armenia's Ministry of Defense was on a scheduled visit to the country from 19 to 22 August to attend the opening of a pilot porgram for military educational institutions.

Representatives of Ministry subdivisions, as well as the management and faculty of Vazgen Sargsyan Military University and Armenak Khanpertsyan Military Aviation Institute joined colleagues from the North-Atlantic Alliance in announcing the launch of the new discipline - ″Good Governance and Code of Conduct″.

On August 19, the advisory group met with Colonel Alaxander Avetisyan, the head of the Ministry's Human Rights and Good Behavior Center, to discuss the ongoing self-evaluation of the organization's good behavior strengthening program.  

The delegation expressed its content with the overall progress, announcing a willingness to expand the cooperation.

According to a press release by the Ministry, the Armenian Police has also expressed its interest to collaborate with the Alliance on introducing the subject in the corresponding educational curricula. As part of the efforts to develop a partnership, meetings have been arranged at different police institutions to consider the format of future joint work.