RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER COMING TO YEREVAN

November 10 Russian defense minister Sergey Ivanov will arrive in Armenia on an official call. The minister will meet with the political leadership of Armenia, as well as with his Armenian counterpart Serge Sargsian, “Arminfo” agency reported referring to reliable sources. In the course of the visit a program of cooperation between the defense departments of the two countries for the year 2004, as well as supplementary protocols to agreements achieved earlier are expected to be signed. According to the data provided by the defense ministry of Russia, in the course of the meetings issues referring to the activities of the 102-nd Russian military base situated in Armenia and the training of Armenian military in military institutions of higher education of Russia will also be discussed. Questions of modernizing the equipment of the Armenian army and Russian military materiel supplies will also be considered.