Armenia and UK sign defense program, Armenia’s ministry says
Officials signed the 2026–2027 program in London on 4 November, Armenia’s Defense Ministry said. The sides also agreed to hold their next consultations in Yerevan.
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Officials signed the 2026–2027 program in London on 4 November, Armenia’s Defense Ministry said. The sides also agreed to hold their next consultations in Yerevan.
Armenia and the United Kingdom signed a defense cooperation program for 2026–2027 during consultations in London on 4 November, Armenia’s Defense Ministry said. The ministry has not disclosed the program’s substantive terms, including any concrete changes for defense institutions or personnel.
The signing follows an earlier cooperation program for 2025–2026, which the ministry said the sides signed after consultations on 29 May.
The signatories were Levon Ayvazyan, head of the Armenian ministry’s Department of Defence Policy and International Cooperation, and Chris Keay, director for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia at the UK Ministry of Defence.
The ministry said the consultations covered regional and international security, existing defense cooperation and prospects for expanding it. Both sides reached agreements on developing cooperation in new areas, but the ministry did not name those areas or specify which agreements form part of the signed program.
In their Strategic Partnership declaration, Armenia and the UK committed to building Armenia’s security, resilience and defense capacity. They also set objectives of advancing regional peace and stability and strengthening Armenia’s ability to manage evolving security challenges.
That declaration says it is not an international treaty and creates no legal rights or obligations, and activities under it depend on available resources and each country’s laws and regulations.
The sides agreed to hold their next defense consultations in Yerevan, the Armenian ministry said. It has not specified a date for those talks or implementation milestones for the new program.
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