DEFENSE MINISTERS WILL DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MILITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WPS Agency
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
August 20, 2008 Wednesday
Russia
Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization will meet in Yerevan, Armenia, on August 21
to discuss implementation of the Plan of Military Development of
the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization charted until 2010
and afterwards. Betterment of tactical and combat training of the
collective security framework will be discussed as well.
Agenda of the meeting includes nearly 20 issues.
The ministers will also discuss the draft provision on design, funding,
and implementation of international programs, priorities in the second
half of 2008 and first half of 2009, and schedule of consultations
among experts tasked to advance military cooperation between member
states. Some other documents will be discussed as well.
On August 22, the defense ministers will attend the fourth phase of
Frontier’2008, a joint command post exercise to be run on the Marshal
Bagramjan shooting range 40 kilometers from Yerevan.