The commander of U.S. Army troops stationed in Europe, Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, met with Armenia's top military leaders and discussed growing U.S.-Armenian military ties during a visit to Yerevan on Wednesday.
Hertling held separate talks with Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov, chief of the Armenian army's General Staff, on the second leg of a regional tour that he began in Georgia on Tuesday. He also visited Armenia's main military academy and watched training exercises held by Armenian soldiers.
Some of them represented a special Armenian army brigade that has contributed troops to U.S.-led multinational missions abroad. A 35-strong detachment of the brigade flew to Kosovo on Friday, resuming Yerevan's participation in a NATO-led peacekeeping force deployed in the former Yugoslav province. The platoon is serving there under U.S. command.
Armenian News
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