Armenia’s Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan and Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, army general Sergey Shoygu today had a telephone conversation.

The defense ministers of the two allied countries discussed the main directions for large-scale reforms that have been launched in the Armenian Armed Forces, issues related to the Armenian-Russian military cooperation (particularly the unified operations of the joint contingents), as well as the course of the mission being implemented by the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh. The parties particularly touched upon the security measures being implemented in Syunik Province of Armenia and discussed the military-political situation in the region.