YEREVAN. – Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and first Deputy Defense Minister of Russia, Valery Gerasimov, arrived in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan on Thursday for a two-day visit.

Within the framework of his visit, Gerasimov will meet with Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Yuri Khachaturov; Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan; and President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armenian Armed Forces, Serzh Sargsyan, the Armenian defense minister’s spokesperson, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, told Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

The parties will discuss the avenues for deepening the strategic cooperation between both countries in the defense sector.