WARSAW, Sept 5 (AFP) - The president of Armenia, which is to contribute troops to the Polish-led multinational force patrolling central and southern Iraq, arrived in Poland on Sunday for a three-day official visit.
During the visit by President Robert Kocharian, Armenia and Poland are expected to sign a bilateral military cooperation agreement.
Polish Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski announced on Friday that the former Soviet republic of Armenia was to send 50 soldiers to the 6,500-strong multinational force that Poland commands in Iraq.
Armenia is to send "several dozen military personnel, specialists in logistics, bomb disposal experts and doctors" to Iraq in late November or early December, Polish deputy chief of staff, General Mieczyslaw Cieniuch, said on Friday.
The Polish government has been a key US ally in Iraq but it has faced strong domestic public opposition to the deployment of its troops in Iraq and is now planning to significantly reduce its 2,500-strong contingent there.
Kocharian was met in the northern port city of Gdansk on Sunday by his Polish counterpart Aleksander Kwasniewski. The two heads of state visited the historic part of the city before travelling to Kwasniewski's residence in Jurata, a resort on the Baltic coast.