CIS, CSTO DEFENSE MINISTERS TO MEET IN MOSCOW
RIA Novosti, Russia
Nov 23 2004
YEREVAN, November 23 (RIA Novosti’s Gamlet Matevosyan) – A regular
session of the council of defense ministers of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) will be held in Moscow on November 25.
The concept of the CIS military cooperation and further prospects
of cooperation in this sphere, the formation of a common system of
disclosing radiation, chemical and bacteriological situations and the
abolition of some previous decisions of the council are on the agenda,
Colonel Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, press secretary of the Armenian Defense
Minister told RIA Novosti.
According to him, the introduction of amendments to the 1992 Tashkent
agreement on the rules of flights of warplanes of the CIS countries,
the 5th games of the CIS armed forces dedicated to the 60th anniversary
of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, interstate financial and
industrial activities and a number of personnel and organizational
issues will be considered, as well.
On November 25 Moscow will also host a regular session of defense
ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Mr.
Shakhsuvaryan added.
In his words, the military-political situation in the CSTO zone,
military-technical cooperation, the results of the first stage of the
Channel-2004 international anti-drug operation, training of military
personnel and the plan of the CSTO Joint Staff work for 2005 will be
on the agenda.
Moreover, the ministers will discuss the agreement on the conditions of
the CSTO Joint Staff staying on Russian territory and the organization
of its activities and will coordinate a number of documents aimed at
further development and effectiveness of the CSTO military constituent,
Mr. Shakhsuvaryan said.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization comprises Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.