Armenia doesn't plan to reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan in 2013

Armenia doesn't plan to reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan in 2013.

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said this receiving the Commander of the German Armed Forces Operations Command, Lieutenant General Rainer Glatz today.

Seyran Ohanyan said that Armenia hails its cooperation with the German armed forces within the NATO's ISAF operation in Afghanistan.

"It's already 2.5 years that the Armenian military servicemen have successfully served in Afghanistan together with German and other countries' servicemen. The formula of this success is based on warm and friendly relations between Armenia and Germany", stressed the Minister.

Rainer Glatz hailed the participation of the Armenian side in the operations in Afghanistan stressing that Armenian servicemen "are very reliable, trustworthy and professional".