YEREVAN. - Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Defense David Tonoyan today received General Helmut Felner, military attaché of the Austrian Embassy in Armenia on occasion of the completion of his mission, as well as the new military attaché Coronel Christian Smutek.

The Deputy Minister thanked General Felner for his work and congratulated Coronel Smutek on his appointment, Armenia’s Ministry of Defense press service reports. The sides expressed readiness to make efforts for deepening and strengthening of Armenian-Austrian ties in the sphere of defense.