On October 6, General-Lieutenant Movses Hakobyan,  Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia,  met with Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, Head of the CSTO Joint Staff.

In the course of the meeting they discussed a wide range of organizational issues concerning the joint military exercises “Search -2017” conducted in the Republic of Armenia from 5 to 13 October and part of the forces of the RD and RA armed Forces and the joint CSTO Collective Rapid Response Forces “Interaction -2017” .