From June 10 to 11, a delegation led by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, Major General Artur Yeroyan, participated in the session of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College at the headquarter of the European Commission in Brussels.

During the event, Major General Artur Yeroyan presented the reforms being implemented in the fields of military education and training within the framework of the transformation of the Army of the Republic of Armenia.
Speeches were also delivered by the Head of the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy of the Ministry of Defence, Major General Arsen Mangasaryan, and Tigran Harutyunyan, Coordinator of the Ministry of Defence's Cooperation in the Field of Military Education with NATO and the EU.
Representatives of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College highly appreciated the reforms being implemented in the military educational institutions of the Republic of Armenia and emphasized the importance of expanding cooperation, in particular within the framework of the EU military “Erasmus” (EMILYO) program. The proposal of the National Defence Research University of the Ministry of Defence and the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy to join the college as an associate partner was approved, and was forwarded to the college’s steering committee for approval.

Within the framework of the visit to Brussels, the delegation of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia met with the Head of the Directorate for Defence and Security Cooperation, Piers Cazalet, at NATO Headquarter, to discuss issues related to current programs and prospects for cooperation in the defence sector.