YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan received on August 17 USA Global Peace Operations Initiative’s Europe Command coordinator Ann Stieglitz and  Timothy Byrne, Program Manager for peacekeeping programs of the US Navy’s post graduate school.

The meeting focused on the Armenian participation in UN peacekeeping missions, trainings which are necessary in this context and issues of the upcoming projects of the Global Peace Operations Initiative – reconstruction of the peacekeeping training center, acquisition of devices for locating and disposing improvised explosive devices etc.

The Armenian membership to the US Global Peace Operations Initiative was confirmed in 2013 and aims at developing the peacekeeping capabilities of Armenia and assisting the process of involvement in UN missions.