CIS DEFENSE MINISTER TO MEET IN YEREVAN TO DISCUSS COOPERATION ISSUES

The Times of Central Asia
August 18, 2008 Monday

Tajik Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherali Khairulloyev, will
attend a regular session of the council of the CIS defense ministers
that will be held in Yerevan, Armenia on August 21.

According to the Ministry of Defense (MoD), the ministers are scheduled
to discuss issues related to providing security within the CIS area
and interaction between the defense ministries of member nations
of the CIS in different fields. The session participants also plan
to discuss the recent developments in South Ossetia as well as the
cause and consequences of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. We
will recal that by resolution of the CIS heads of state the council
of the CIS defense ministers was established on February 14, 1992.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress