YEREVAN TO HOST MEETING OF CSTO DEFENCE MINISTERS

UzReport.com
August 19, 2008 Tuesday

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.