The parties agreed to complete the legal procedures regulating the participation of Armenian peacekeepers in UNIFIL peacekeeping mission as soon as possible and to take up the implementation of the mission. Within the frame of the visit, a meeting was held between the First Deputy Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, Dr. Evelyn N. Farkas. During the meeting, issues related to the Armenian-US bilateral cooperation in the field of defense were on discussion agenda, in particular, development of the ARM peacekeeping capabilities under the GPOI program of the US supporting the Peacekeeping initiative and the establishment of the peacekeeping training center in Armenia, education and trainings carried out in the US military academies and institutions for the ARM staff members on individual and unit level, computer assisted capacity building of the command staff and combat training in the Armenian Armed Forces, and other issues of bilateral cooperation. The parties agreed to further elaborate over issues related to bilateral cooperation during the bilateral defence consultations to be held in Yerevan, in December.