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ARMENIA TO DEEPEN COOPERATION WITH CSTO
16:51 ~U 27.06.13
A comprehensive cooperation agreement aimed at deepening partnership
between Armenia and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
was signed on Thursday between the organization's secretary and the
chief of Armenia's National Security Council (NSC).
Speaking at a joint news conference after the ceremony, NSC Secretary
Artur Baghdasaryan said they held an extended session earlier today
between the corresponding ministries and agencies.
"We signed a document which aims to deepen cooperation with CSTO. It
includes a comprehensive list of events concerning the security
system. We agreed that the CSTO will conduct events which will not
only have a bilateral significance but also involve other member
countries. They concern the further deepening of military cooperation,"
he said.
Baghdasaryan noted that they are now creating collective security
forces in the South Caucasus region, adding that there are further
plans to launch air forces and modernize the rapid reaction
subdivisions.
He further unveiled plans for creating rescue subdivisions, developing
a permanent dialogue mechanism between law enforcement bodies, and
opening permanently functioning cyber-security centers. "Armenia will
be among the champions in this direction. Steps will be taken towards
developing our military infrastructures. That concerns, particularly,
the opening of joint enterprises in the military manufacturing sector,"
he said.
Speaking further, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Borduzha noted that
the scheduled events on Armenia's security strengthening and the
creation of a security system in the Caucasus are now in progress. He
said particularly that 20 new programs are now adding to the existing
ones.
"All the questions concern first of all Armenia as a CSTO member
country. We have several events scheduled for this year. Armenia
will this year host a non-formal meeting of the CSTO member states
and National Security Council Secretaries to discuss the developments
in the South Caucasus," he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am
16:51 ~U 27.06.13
A comprehensive cooperation agreement aimed at deepening partnership
between Armenia and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
was signed on Thursday between the organization's secretary and the
chief of Armenia's National Security Council (NSC).
Speaking at a joint news conference after the ceremony, NSC Secretary
Artur Baghdasaryan said they held an extended session earlier today
between the corresponding ministries and agencies.
"We signed a document which aims to deepen cooperation with CSTO. It
includes a comprehensive list of events concerning the security
system. We agreed that the CSTO will conduct events which will not
only have a bilateral significance but also involve other member
countries. They concern the further deepening of military cooperation,"
he said.
Baghdasaryan noted that they are now creating collective security
forces in the South Caucasus region, adding that there are further
plans to launch air forces and modernize the rapid reaction
subdivisions.
He further unveiled plans for creating rescue subdivisions, developing
a permanent dialogue mechanism between law enforcement bodies, and
opening permanently functioning cyber-security centers. "Armenia will
be among the champions in this direction. Steps will be taken towards
developing our military infrastructures. That concerns, particularly,
the opening of joint enterprises in the military manufacturing sector,"
he said.
Speaking further, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Borduzha noted that
the scheduled events on Armenia's security strengthening and the
creation of a security system in the Caucasus are now in progress. He
said particularly that 20 new programs are now adding to the existing
ones.
"All the questions concern first of all Armenia as a CSTO member
country. We have several events scheduled for this year. Armenia
will this year host a non-formal meeting of the CSTO member states
and National Security Council Secretaries to discuss the developments
in the South Caucasus," he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am