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SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES CSTO DEFENSE MINISTERS
[01:58 pm] 28 November, 2008

Serzh Sargsyan today received the Defense Ministers of the Collective
Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member states, who are in Armenia
to participate in the sitting of the Council of Defense Ministers of
CSTO countries. CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha was also
present at the meeting.

Prioritising the military-political and military-technical
cooperation, reinforcement of the military component of the collective
security, Serzh Sargsyan attached importance to making full and
effective use of the existing potential. He said the
military-political situation in the region requires serious
coordination of efforts and raise of the level of cooperation.

Serzh Sargsyan said he intends to discuss those issues with his
counterparts during the sitting of the Council of Heads of State
expected in December.