Military drills to be held in Armenia
The National Security Council today discussed the process of implementation of agreements reached during the non-official meeting of presidents of CSTO-member states held in Astana on August 12.
Secretary of the National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan today received Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Valery Semerikov.
During the meeting, the sides reached an agreement on organizing a working meeting for the development of Armenian-Russian military-technical partnership in Yerevan in November.
The sides also discussed issues related to the organizing of the military drills of the CSTO Collective Forces for Operative Response to be held in Armenia in 2012.
Valery Semerikov mentioned that the CSTO Secretariat is willing to assist the Armenian side in organizing the military drills and sending corresponding employees to Armenia in case of need.
The military drills are included in the 2012 working plan and will be organized within the framework of events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
