Armenian Defense Minister meets Polish military leadership

ArmInfo. During his official visit to Poland, Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan held a private meeting with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, followed by a meeting in an expanded format. "We expressed satisfaction with the current level of  cooperation, emphasizing that it is being effectively implemented in accordance with the 2026 bilateral plan signed between  the ministries of  defense of our two countries," Papikyan wrote on his Facebook page.

He noted that military education, exchange of expertise, and  participation in joint exercises were identified as priority areas  for future cooperation. The importance of implementing  military-technical cooperation within the framework of the agreement  signed in February of this year was also discussed. "We agreed to  continue discussions in Yerevan. I invited Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh  to visit Armenia. An agreement was also reached to open a Defense  Attache office at the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Warsaw in  the near future. Views were exchanged on regional and international  security issues," the Minister wrote.

It should be noted that the agreement signed in Warsaw on February 26  of this year, according to an official statement, laid the legal  basis for in-depth military-technical cooperation between the defense  ministries of Armenia and Poland. Under the agreement, the parties  agreed to establish clear procedures and principles for cooperation  in the procurement of military products, define mechanisms for  protecting classified and confidential information during joint  projects, regulate the terms of sale or transfer of jointly produced  or acquired products to third parties, and establish a joint  commission to manage and resolve disputes within the framework of  military-technical cooperation.  The document was signed during Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan's official visit to Poland.