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CIS DEFENCE MINISTERS GATHER IN YEREVAN
RIA Novosti, Russia
May 21 2004
YEREVAN, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - On Friday, the session of the CIS
Council of Defence Ministers opened in Yerevan, Armenia.
"Military and military-technological co-operation within the CIS
is an important element of integration processes," Armenian Defence
Minister Serzh Sarkisyan said at the opening ceremony.
"Our co-operation is an important condition of the countries' social
and economic development," he added.
He stressed how traditional military co-operation between the CIS
countries was. "In the past decades, it has been developing on a good
and equal basis," stressed Sarkisyan.
The Council of Defence Ministers plans to consider over 20 issues
related to CIS military integration. They include the common air
defence system, the single communications system, and co-ordination
of positions on nuclear non-proliferation.
The CIS Council of Defence Ministers is a body of the CIS Council
of Heads of State in charge of military politics and military
development. It was formed on the decision of the CIS Council of
Heads of State in 1992. The CIS Council of Defence Ministers includes
nine CIS nations, whose heads signed documents to the effect in 1994.
They are Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Moldova, Turkmenistan and Ukraine
participate in the council's sessions as observers.
Participating in the Yerevan session chaired by Russian Defence
Minister Sergei Ivanov are defence ministers of Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and the first deputy
Defence Minister of Georgia. Besides, Moldovan defence minister and
representatives of Ukraine and Uzbekistan are attending the session
as observers.
The Collective Security Treaty, which was signed by Russia, Belarus,
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in 1992, is military
integration of a higher level. In 2002, the Treaty was transformed
into the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, which had the status
of an international regional organisation.
RIA Novosti, Russia
May 21 2004
YEREVAN, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - On Friday, the session of the CIS
Council of Defence Ministers opened in Yerevan, Armenia.
"Military and military-technological co-operation within the CIS
is an important element of integration processes," Armenian Defence
Minister Serzh Sarkisyan said at the opening ceremony.
"Our co-operation is an important condition of the countries' social
and economic development," he added.
He stressed how traditional military co-operation between the CIS
countries was. "In the past decades, it has been developing on a good
and equal basis," stressed Sarkisyan.
The Council of Defence Ministers plans to consider over 20 issues
related to CIS military integration. They include the common air
defence system, the single communications system, and co-ordination
of positions on nuclear non-proliferation.
The CIS Council of Defence Ministers is a body of the CIS Council
of Heads of State in charge of military politics and military
development. It was formed on the decision of the CIS Council of
Heads of State in 1992. The CIS Council of Defence Ministers includes
nine CIS nations, whose heads signed documents to the effect in 1994.
They are Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Moldova, Turkmenistan and Ukraine
participate in the council's sessions as observers.
Participating in the Yerevan session chaired by Russian Defence
Minister Sergei Ivanov are defence ministers of Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and the first deputy
Defence Minister of Georgia. Besides, Moldovan defence minister and
representatives of Ukraine and Uzbekistan are attending the session
as observers.
The Collective Security Treaty, which was signed by Russia, Belarus,
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in 1992, is military
integration of a higher level. In 2002, the Treaty was transformed
into the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, which had the status
of an international regional organisation.