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Russian army commander could head CSTO Joint Staff
news.am
September 21, 2012 | 15:19
MOSCOW. - The Russian Defense Ministry plans to nominate Russian
Airborne Troops Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Shamanov to the position
of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Chief of
Staff, Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov informed.
But if the CSTO leadership does not support this nomination, the
Ministry will `look for an alternative.'
The matter concerning the appointment of the new Joint Chief of Staff
and making a change in the format of the Organization's activities
will be discussed on December 19 in Moscow.
Aside from changing the Joint Chief of Staff, raising the latter's
capacity is likewise being proposed, so that he would also be able to
assume solely the headship of a Home Office of CSTO country, RIA
Novosti News Agency of Russia reports.
To note, the Collective Security Treaty Organization is an
intergovernmental military alliance which was signed on May 15, 1992.
And on October 7, 2002, the presidents of Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan signed a charter in
Tashkent founding the CSTO.
And the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force recently held joint
multinational military exercises, entitled `Cooperation 2012,' in
Armenia.
news.am
September 21, 2012 | 15:19
MOSCOW. - The Russian Defense Ministry plans to nominate Russian
Airborne Troops Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Shamanov to the position
of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Chief of
Staff, Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov informed.
But if the CSTO leadership does not support this nomination, the
Ministry will `look for an alternative.'
The matter concerning the appointment of the new Joint Chief of Staff
and making a change in the format of the Organization's activities
will be discussed on December 19 in Moscow.
Aside from changing the Joint Chief of Staff, raising the latter's
capacity is likewise being proposed, so that he would also be able to
assume solely the headship of a Home Office of CSTO country, RIA
Novosti News Agency of Russia reports.
To note, the Collective Security Treaty Organization is an
intergovernmental military alliance which was signed on May 15, 1992.
And on October 7, 2002, the presidents of Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan signed a charter in
Tashkent founding the CSTO.
And the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force recently held joint
multinational military exercises, entitled `Cooperation 2012,' in
Armenia.