YEREVAN. – Defense Minister of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan on Thursday met with Oleg Bochkarev, Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission Board of Russia. 

Bochkarev has arrived in Armenia to attend the first ArmHiTec 2016 international exhibition of arms and defense technologies, which got underway in capital city Yerevan, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The parties lauded the current level of technico-military cooperation between Armenia and Russia, and confirmed the need for further development in this domain.

Special attention was paid to the plans for setting up a network of centers in Armenia, and for the repair, maintenance, and modernization of Russian-made military products.

At the end of the talk, Minister Sargsyan expressed readiness to continue collaboration within the framework of industrial cooperation.