Armenian Defense Ministry embarks on secret mission to France

An Armenian delegation led by Armenia's Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan left for France on a working visit on Monday, the Armenian Ministry of Defense reported.

"On June 17, the delegation headed by Minister of Defence Suren Papikyan embarked on a working visit to France," the Armenian Defense Ministry said.

Papikyan's last visit to Paris was paid in February, when the parties signed documents on further military-technical cooperation between Armenia and France.

In early June, the Armenian Defense Minister paid a visit to Bulgaria to discuss the issue of military cooperation. A few days earlier, on May 28-29, Papikyan visited Belgium. At the same time, the Armenian Defense Minister boycotted another meeting of his CSTO counterparts that took place in Kazakhstan.