Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan participated in the 71st regular sitting of the Council of Defense Ministers of CIS participating states in Moscow.
A number of documents regulating the cooperation between the Defense Ministries of the CIS participating states were discussed, key directions of joint work were outlined at the meeting.
Issues related to the joint air defense system, development of communication systems, humanitarian mine clearance, training of military personnel and joint field exercises, implementation of joint educational programs were discussed.
Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan had meetings with his Russian and Belarusian counterparts.
The Defense Ministers of Armenia and Russia signed the agreement on Joint Group of Forces and approved the 2017 cooperation program.