Kansas–Armenia National Guard Partnership
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The Kansas–Armenia National Guard Partnership is one of 25 European partnerships that make-up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 88 worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program.[2] The Republic of Armenia signed a bilateral affairs agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense and the state of Kansas in 2003 establishing the Kansas-Armenia State Partnership Program.[3] Former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius subsequently signed a proclamation declaring June 18, 2004, as Kansas-Armenia Partnership Day.[4]
Part of the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program | |
Origin | 2003 |
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Country president | Vahagn Khachaturyan |
Prime minister | Nikol Pashinyan |
Minister of defense | Suren Papikyan |
Ambassador to U.S. | Varuzhan Nersesyan |
Ambassador to Armenia | Kristina Kvien |
State Governor | Laura Kelly |
Adjutant general | David Weishaar |
2012 Engagements | 10[1] |
NATO member | No |
EU member | No |
The partnership aims to develop self-sustaining relationships between the Armenian Ministry of Defense and the Kansas National Guard as well as various civilian organizations in order to exchange knowledge in areas such as emergency management and disaster response, border and port security, economic security, peacekeeping operations and counter terrorism.[5]