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  • Atom-Anti-Terror 2006 Joint Exercise Starts In Yerevan

    ATOM-ANTI-TERROR 2006 JOINT EXERCISES START IN YEREVAN

    Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
    Sept 27 2006

    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The representatives of ruling staff
    of anti-terrorist subdivisions of CIS countries announced about the
    start of the Atom-Anti-terror 2006 joint exercises at the September
    27 meeting at the Marriott-Armenia hotel of Yerevan.

    A program of organization and holding of operative-searching events
    connected with disclosure and extermination of terrorist groups
    penetrating into the country's territory will be worked out during
    the exercises. Employees of RA National Security Service special
    subdivision will act as terrorists. A joint military operation of
    surrounding and extermination of diversion-terrorist group will be
    shown on September 28 at RA Defence Ministry and operation of release
    of hostages and neutralization of terrorists will be shown in the
    territory of Metsamor ANPP.

    As Lieutenant-General Gorik Hakobian, Head of RA National Security
    Service, mentioned, it is the first time that such large-scale
    exercises are held in Armenia. In his words, these exercises are the
    logical continuation of the South-Anti-terror, West-Anti-terror,
    Azov-Anti-terror and Caspi-Anti-terror exercises held previously
    within the framework of CIS.

    "Holding of such large-scale exercises cannot be an end in itself and
    has concrete tasks: to work out cooperation elements between special
    services and their subdivisions when holding joint anti-terrorist
    actions," G.Hakobian said. In his words, another peculiarity of the
    current exercises is that for the first time military subdivisions
    will also take part in them.

    The heads of CIS countries' anti-terrorist structures and special
    services in their speeches touched upon issues of providing security
    of atomic energy entities.

    It is noteworthy that Secretary of Security Council under RA
    President, RA Defence Minister Serge Sargsian and Chief of RA Police,
    Colonel-General Hayk Haroutiunian were also present at the event.

    Representatives of the Great Eight countries', OSCE's, UN's, Shanghai
    Organization's anti-terrorist structures together with delegations
    of CIS countries' security bodies and special services took part in
    the Atom-Anti-terror 2006 exercises as observers.
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