On February 4, ARM Minister of Defenсe received CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha and CSTO Chief of Joint Staff Alexander Studenikin.
During the meeting which was also attended by Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Colonel-General Yuri Khachaturov and First Deputy Defenсe Minister David Tonoyan issues related to current and prospective development of the CSTO military element were discussed.

From January 13 to February, the peacekeeping unit of the Armenian Armed Forces consisting of 75 servicemen participated in the regular multinational pre-deployment exercises at the training center of the US Armed Forces in Germany in the scope of the KFOR mission.

On January 29 Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan hosted newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy to Armenia, His Excellency Mr. Giovanni Ricciulli and newly appointed Military Attache, Major-General Giovanni Armentani.

A delegation headed by Mr. Mikheil Darchiashvili, Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia was visiting Armenia form January 28 to 29.
During the visit the delegation participated in ceremonies celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Armenian Armed Forces Formation and was hosted by Defense Minister S. Ohanyan and 1st Deputy Minister of Defense D. Tonoyan. At the meetings parties discussed possibilities to expand the cooperation between the two defense agencies and prospects of cooperation in multilateral format.