Sébastien Lecornu, French Minister of Armed Forces presented details from his meetings with Amrmenian counterpart Suren Papikyan.
“Armenia must be able to defend itself and protect its population. Happy to progress, with you dear Suren, on three axes of our defense relationship. Supporting the Armenian army in its transformation: Opening in January 2023 of a defense mission, sending a French officer as military advisor within the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, numerous visits and work meetings.
Training: Cooperation with officer and non-commissioned officer training schools. Training by operational training detachments, particularly in the areas of mountain combat and precision shooting.
Strengthening ground-air defense: Signature of a contract for the acquisition of 3 GM200 radars and a letter of intent on air defense. Signing of a letter of intent on the acquisition of the Mistral missile. Upcoming audit of Armenian ground-air defense”, Lecornu said in a post on X.
