NATO expert group in Armenia
An international expert group formed under the patronage of NATO to support military instruction reforms in Armenia is in Yerevan on another visit on November 23-26. The group includes representatives of the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania, Swtizerland, as well as military and civil components of NATO.
On the first day of the visit, wide-format discussions headed by Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan and Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan were held at the administrative complex of the RA Ministry of Defense.
During this meeting, Head of the Institute of National Strategic Investigations at the RA Ministry of Defense, Advisor to the Minister of Defense, General-Major, Dr. Hayk Kotanjyan prseented the draft for creating a National Defense University of the RA Ministry of Defense by changing the Institute of National Strategic Investigations, and the participants of the meeting asked questions and gave comments.
RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan mentioned that Armenia placed importance on the establishment of such a scientific-educational institution that would strategically organize military and defense education. RA Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan mentioned that his ministry was ready to show necessary support to science, education and organization in the process of establishing the National Defense University.
On the same day, the expert group had a meeting with RA First Deputy Minister of Defense David Tonoyan. Tonoyan presented the progress that the Ministry of Defense had registered in the sphere of military education reforms and drew the expert group's attention to the activities for the creation of an Academy of Commanders of the RA Ministry of Defense, the joining of cadre management and educational programs in the developmepnt of a professional sergeant system and several other issues.
After the international expert group's visit, it is envisaged to form the commanders' lesson plan designed for senior officers and reach agreements on teacher training, the modernization of the materials and the content of the subjects to be taught. There will also be an agreement on the participation of the RA Ministry of Defense in the development of Partnership for Peace Generic NCO Reference Curriculum, reports the Department of Information and Public Relations at the RA Ministry of Defense.
