YEREVAN. – Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan on Friday received Germany’s Ambassador to Armenia, Hans-Jochen Schmidt, in connection with ending of the tenure of Germany’s Military Attaché to Armenia, Colonel Bruno Paulus, and appointment of Colonel Joachim Josef Wilhelm Bruns to this post.    

Seyran Ohanyan thanked Colonel Paulus for his great contribution to Armenian-German relations during his term in office, and awarded him the “Military Cooperation” Administrative Medal.

Ohanyan also congratulated Colonel Bruns for his appointment as Germany’s new Military Attaché to Armenia, and expressed a hope that throughout Bruns’ tenure Armenian-German military cooperation would further expand and consolidate.   

The interlocutors noted with satisfaction that Armenian-German military cooperation is growing every year and encompassing new domains, Armenian MOD Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.