Minister of Defense of Armenia Davit Tonoyan today held phone talks with Minister of National Defense of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis, as reported the news service of the Ministry of Defense.

The Armenian defense minister expressed gratitude to his Lithuanian counterpart for the support of the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania and his personal support for the provision of assistance to Armenia within the scope of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, particularly the humanitarian aid, as well as for transporting a group of specialists to Armenia via a plane of the Lithuanian air force. Tonoyan stated that Lithuania’s actions attest to the cordial and friendly ties between the two countries and peoples.

The interlocutors discussed issues related to the Armenian-Lithuanian defense cooperation, attached importance to the resumption of actions planned within the scope of the cooperation, but frozen due to the pandemic and expressed certainty that the high-level military-political dialogue will also resume after the obstacles caused by the coronavirus are overcome.