The Sides take note of the dynamic development of military and military-technical cooperation between the two countries and intend to intensify relations in this area in the future. The Sides may cooperate in the following areas: -- modernizing and reforming the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan, including training in civil-military relations and its obligations for conduct under international conventions, increasing their combat readiness, and providing training and advanced training of specialists, officers and command staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan; -- using up-to-date information and computer technologies in training military personnel, and establishing and developing distance learning, and modeling and simulation systems in the Republic of Uzbekistan; -- re-equipping the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan with weapons and military hardware, providing assistance in modernizing and restoring the weapons and military hardware of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan; -- actively utilizing the entire complex of existing international mechanisms and instruments in providing military-technical assistance to the Republic of Uzbekistan, developing its military infrastructure, and strengthening the logistical and training/methodological foundation of military educational institutions and training centers of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan; and -- other forms of cooperation as the Sides see fit. Article 2.4 Cooperation under the Partnership for Peace Program stupsertod stup8site