Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced the steps after talks in Warsaw last week with his visiting Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan.
The two countries have adopted an intergovernmental cooperation plan that includes continued training of Armenian officers at Poland’s War Studies Academy and the establishment of a military attaché office in Warsaw, reporters were told.
Kosiniak-Kamysz said Poland and Armenia also plan to conduct joint military drills.
"Our armed forces will train together; we are very open to this," he told a news conference on May 6.
He added that Armenia had expressed an interest in purchasing Polish military equipment, particularly tanks.
Poland is working to start production of South Korea’s K2 tanks at its Bumar-Łabędy plant, which he said could form part of future cooperation.
“Armenia is our friend—a country with which we want to strengthen cooperation and develop our relations,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
Papikyan said Armenia is keen to boost ties with Poland and confirmed plans to open the attaché office in Warsaw, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
He noted that Armenian soldiers and officers are already undergoing training in Poland and that further courses, as well as potential arms purchases, are under discussion.
During his visit to Poland, Papikyan attended the Defence24 Days conference for the defence and security sector.
His meetings in Warsaw followed a series of high-level contacts between the two countries, including a visit to Poland by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in February and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s trip to Yerevan for a European Political Community summit last week.
In early April, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Armenia's Pashinyan during a meeting at the Kremlin that Moscow would not tolerate Yerevan's closer ties with the EU.
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Source: IAR, PAP, gov.pl