Topeka ? The Kansas adjutant general is heading to Armenia as part of an international partnership program between U.S. states and other nations.

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli will be in Armenia from Tuesday through Friday.

Tafanelli will visit with Armenian military and emergency management officials. He’ll also take part in a parade marking the 20th anniversary of Armenian independence from the former Soviet Union.

Officials from Kansas and Armenia have participated in several exchanges over the past decade, under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.