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September 20, 2012 Thursday 01:00 AM GMT+4
Russian, Armenian DMs discuss bilateral military cooperation
YEREVAN September 20
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov met with his Armenian
counterpart Seyran Ohanyan on Wednesday, September 19, to discuss
bilateral military-to-military cooperation between the two countries.
"About 10 military compounds, which are being vacated as part of the
optimisation of the 102nd Russian Military Base, will be handed over
to Armenia," Serdyukov said.
"The plan of cooperation between our ministries has been successfully
implemented in 2012. We pay a great deal of attention to the
improvement of the regulatory framework and solve questions pertaining
to operational planning and military-technical cooperation," he said.
"We instructed experts to prepare with a month a plan of cooperation
between our ministries in 2013," he added.
Serdyukov attended a joint military exercise of the Collective
Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) code-named Vzaimodeistviye-2012
(Cooperation-2012) that ended at the Marshal Baghramyan training
ground in Armenia on September 19.
The exercise involved about 2,000 troops from six CSTO countries:
Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The
participating troops will practice interoperability and use of
collective security system means in the Caucasus, with the support of
aviation and artillery units, including multiple rocket launchers.
The main stage of the manoeuvres on September 19 included a show for
foreign diplomats and foreign mass media as well as a special
operation to respond to a terrorist threat and deal with the
consequences of an emergency situation. Interior Ministry, Emergencies
Ministry and rescue service units will participate.
"The philosophy of the exercise is to respond to a situation quickly
and effectively using the smallest possible number of troops,"
Armenian Defence Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Oganesyan said.
The Russian contingent was represented by units of the 98th Airborne
Division stationed in Ivanovo. They have been provided with arms and
military equipment by the 102nd Russian Military Base which is
deployed in Armenia in accordance with an interstate treaty.
Armenia hosted the CSTO rapid reaction force exercise to show the
capability of the Armed Forces, secret services, emergencies
ministries, and police, and the high level of their interoperability
among the 7 CSTO member states, Security Council Secretary Artur
Bagdasaryan said earlier.
He reiterated that Armenia plans to increase the role of the
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) as a key element of its
national defence.
"We plan to increase the role of the CSTO as one of the key elements
of Armenia's security. The CSTO is evolving, and Armenia, as one of
the most active members of the organisation, is actively involved in
this process," he said.
According to Bagdasaryan, "a new strategy and a new CSTO planning
concept ... makes it possible to increase the role, weight and
importance of this international organisation for ensuring the
security of its member states."
The CSTO is a military-political alliance of seven countries: Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
It was created on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty of the
May 15, 1992, which was turned into an international organisation on
May 14, 2002. The CSTO received the status of observer at the U.N.
General Assembly on December 2, 2004.
September 20, 2012 Thursday 01:00 AM GMT+4
Russian, Armenian DMs discuss bilateral military cooperation
YEREVAN September 20
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov met with his Armenian
counterpart Seyran Ohanyan on Wednesday, September 19, to discuss
bilateral military-to-military cooperation between the two countries.
"About 10 military compounds, which are being vacated as part of the
optimisation of the 102nd Russian Military Base, will be handed over
to Armenia," Serdyukov said.
"The plan of cooperation between our ministries has been successfully
implemented in 2012. We pay a great deal of attention to the
improvement of the regulatory framework and solve questions pertaining
to operational planning and military-technical cooperation," he said.
"We instructed experts to prepare with a month a plan of cooperation
between our ministries in 2013," he added.
Serdyukov attended a joint military exercise of the Collective
Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) code-named Vzaimodeistviye-2012
(Cooperation-2012) that ended at the Marshal Baghramyan training
ground in Armenia on September 19.
The exercise involved about 2,000 troops from six CSTO countries:
Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The
participating troops will practice interoperability and use of
collective security system means in the Caucasus, with the support of
aviation and artillery units, including multiple rocket launchers.
The main stage of the manoeuvres on September 19 included a show for
foreign diplomats and foreign mass media as well as a special
operation to respond to a terrorist threat and deal with the
consequences of an emergency situation. Interior Ministry, Emergencies
Ministry and rescue service units will participate.
"The philosophy of the exercise is to respond to a situation quickly
and effectively using the smallest possible number of troops,"
Armenian Defence Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Oganesyan said.
The Russian contingent was represented by units of the 98th Airborne
Division stationed in Ivanovo. They have been provided with arms and
military equipment by the 102nd Russian Military Base which is
deployed in Armenia in accordance with an interstate treaty.
Armenia hosted the CSTO rapid reaction force exercise to show the
capability of the Armed Forces, secret services, emergencies
ministries, and police, and the high level of their interoperability
among the 7 CSTO member states, Security Council Secretary Artur
Bagdasaryan said earlier.
He reiterated that Armenia plans to increase the role of the
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) as a key element of its
national defence.
"We plan to increase the role of the CSTO as one of the key elements
of Armenia's security. The CSTO is evolving, and Armenia, as one of
the most active members of the organisation, is actively involved in
this process," he said.
According to Bagdasaryan, "a new strategy and a new CSTO planning
concept ... makes it possible to increase the role, weight and
importance of this international organisation for ensuring the
security of its member states."
The CSTO is a military-political alliance of seven countries: Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
It was created on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty of the
May 15, 1992, which was turned into an international organisation on
May 14, 2002. The CSTO received the status of observer at the U.N.
General Assembly on December 2, 2004.