Armenia Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan and Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin met today in Yerevan and discussed defense cooperation between the two countries and regional security matters.

Kopirkin congratulated Papikyan on his recent appointment as defense minister.

Also attending the meeting was Russian Embassy Defense Attaché Colonel Igor Sherbakov.

Papikyan (photo, right) was appointed defense minister on August 2.