YEREVAN TO HOST MEETING OF CSTO DEFENCE MINISTERS

Journal of Turkish Weekly
Aug 19 2008
Turkey

A session of the Council of Defence Ministers of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be held in Yerevan, Armenia,
on 21-22 August, Kazakhstan Today reported quoting press service of
the Kazakh Defence Ministry.

The agenda of the session includes over 20 issues, mainly issues on
military construction, the report said.

Besides, Armenia hosts the third and fourth stages of joint drill of
the CSTO member states – Rubej-2008 – on 18-22 August.

This year, the drill is held in four stages and in three levels:
strategic, operative and tactical. It also covers all regions of the
organization, the report said.

The CSTO founded in 1992 and its members are Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress