Pashinyan Holds Meeting on Defense Issues in Karabakh
Baku / 05.11.18 / Turan: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who is visiting Nagorno-Karabakh and the heads of Armenian security forces held a meeting with the military and political leadership of Karabakh on security issues.
According to the Armenian media, there were issues of increasing the combat readiness of the Armenian army, military cooperation between Armenia and Karabakh, the situation on the borders, and interaction in the foreign and domestic policies of Armenia and Karabakh.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, the Minister of Defense, the Foreign Minister, the Director of the National Security Service, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and commanders of military units stationed in Karabakh. -02D-
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