YEREVAN. – At the invitation of Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli, Chief of the Italian Defence General Staff, an Armenian delegation, led by Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov, Chief of the Armenian Armed Forces General Staff, headed to Italy on Sunday.

During his three-day official visit, Khachaturov will meet with Mantelli and several senior representatives of the Italian Armed Forces, the Armenian MOD press service informs. 

The parties will discuss cooperation between the defense administrations of both countries, and the Armenian peacekeepers’ inclusion in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping mission, whose commanding country is Italy.