ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SEYRAN OHANIAN TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVE ROUND OF THE MILITARY TRAININGS HELD WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF CSTO

ARMENPRESS
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS: Conduction of the first joint
complex trainings within the frameworks of Collective Security
Treaty Organization is intended for 2009 in three rounds in which the
operative groups of member-states, CSTO secretariat, joint headquarter,
military units, and operative forces of fast reaction and units of
special mission will take part.

The first round was held August 25-28 in Moscow on the base of the
CSTO joint headquarter, in which from the Armenian Defense Ministry
an operative group of five people, as well as representatives of the
Police, Armenian Emergency Situations Ministry and Armenian National
Security Service headed by General-lieutenant M. Sargsian took part.

Press secretary of the Armenian defense Ministry Seyran Shahsuvarian
told Armenpress that the second round will be held in Belarus September
26-29 with the "Zapad-2009" operative strategic training between the
Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia under the "organization of the
applying of the military units of the armed forces of CSTO member
states in the Eastern-European region" theme.

Armenian Defense Ministry does not plan the participation of Armenian
Armed Forces in the second round of the training but the operative
group of the RA Armed Forces headed by the Head of the Strategic
Planning Department of the DM, Colonel G. Tavaratsian will take part
in the mentioned trainings.

At the same time according to the invitation of the Belarus
Defense Minister L. Maltsev, the Armenian DM S. Ohanian and other DM
top-officials will September 29 take part in the active round of the
trainings as honorary guests.