MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan on Thursday praised his South Caucasian country's military cooperation with Russia, in a comment to Sputnik.
"Russian-Armenian military cooperation is at a very high level. We are strategic partners… There is no other country that we have the same level of cooperation with as Russia," Ohanyan said.
He added the two planned joint military operations and had a united military force.
"We cooperate on military training and exchange experience," Ohanyan told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 4th international security conference in Moscow.
Russia and Armenia have a history of military cooperation that goes back to Soviet times. Russia has a military base in Gyumri, Armenia's second largest city.
The countries host elements of an integrated air defense network that comprises units in six countries – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
