On June 10, 2008 RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the delegation headed by Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

The Minister greeted the guest and expressed hope that new achievements will be registered during his tenure in office.

At the beginning of the meeting the parties turned to issue of improving the mechanisms of public control in the Armed Forces in the framework of defense reforms and discussed issues connected with the human rights protection in the Armed Forces reflected in the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan. The parties spoke about the reforms under way in the Armed Forces, especially the implementation of special civil service, civil control to keep the Armed Forces away from political forces. At the end of the meeting Ambassador S. Kapinos thanked the Minister for the successful cooperation with the OSCE Office.