The Minister of Defense of Armenia, Suren Papikyan, on Thursday received US Ambassador Kristina Kvien.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state of cooperation between Armenia and the United States in the defense sector, as well as its future development prospects. Both sides highly valued the current level of cooperation, and the American side expressed readiness to continue assisting the defense reforms being implemented in Armenia.

Additionally, the meeting addressed regional security issues.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Minister Papikyan and Ambassador Kvien signed an agreement to extend the validity period of the agreement between the Armenian government and the US government on cooperation in counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.