YEREVAN. - The signing ceremony of the Additional Protocol to the Joint Action Plan between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on Combating Smuggling of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials (signed on July 14, 2008, in Washington) took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on Friday.

The document was signed by the Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian and the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills, the Armenian MFA press-service reports.

The Protocol aims to develop and expand the Armenian-US cooperation in the field of combating the smuggling in the aforementioned area.