YEREVAN.- Armenia is actively developing cooperation with the CSTO, NATO, OSCE and EU, Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan said at a press conference this Friday.

In terms of the main directions for cooperation in defense sector, Defense Minister highlighted Russia, the U.S., China, and also noted the development of relations with a number of countries in Eurasia.

Along with cooperation with foreign partners, Armenia is actively developing own military industry. The pieces of local production were demonstrated also during trainings. As the Minister said, precision weapons are able to hit any target in opponent’s territory without causing damage to the civilian population.

Speaking of peacekeeping efforts, Seyran Ohanyan said that Armenian troops are involved in international missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan, previously also took part in the mission in Iraq. Last year, in the framework of the CSTO, Armenian unit took part in peacekeeping exercise in Kazakhstan. The minister noted that the formation of the Armenian peacekeeping unit in cooperation with the CSTO started earlier than in other member states of the bloc.

Seyran Ohanyan also stressed a concept and a military industry program was adopted last year and will be implemented after being approved.