RA DM DOES NOT SEE OBSTACLES TO WAY OF DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN – RUSSIAN MIL. COOP.
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Sept 14 2005
“There are no obstacles to the way of development of Armenian –
Russian military cooperation”, said Secretary of the Security Council
under RA President, RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan to journalists.
Accordion to Regnum Agency, RA Defense Minister added there was
no misunderstanding on the issues. “I take a favorable view of the
level of Armenian – Russian military cooperation. Joint Armenian –
Russian training and its effectiveness testify to the fact”, stressed
Serge Sargsyan.
In his turn CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha who also followed
the trainings highly estimated their level having noted there was
always a filed for combined activity.
To note, the final phase of annual combined Armenian – Russian tactical
training started today in Armenia. RA President Robert Kocharyan,
Secretary of the Security Council under RA President, RA Defense
Minister Serge Sargsyan and General Andrey Popov follow the course
of the training.
The aim of the training is to improve the skills of the organized
control of two armed forces in organization and conduct of the joint
military actions. According to Regnum, a new detail has been introduced
into the scenario – the counterterrorist operation, in the course of
which it is planned to prevent from the possible terrorist act.