Within the framework of the “Shant-2015” strategic command-post exercises President Serzh Sargsyan convened a conditional sitting of the Security Council to inform about the situation around the Republic of Armenia over the past days and the scenario of the exercises.

Members of the Council offered reports and made suggestions stemming from the situation. Instructions complying with the scenario of the exercises were given to the state bodies.

President Sargsyan attached importance to the conduct of the exercises from the point of view of reacting promptly and efficiently in concrete situations, testing the capacities and preparedness of state bodies in those situations.