CSTO pleased with Armenian-Russian military cooperation![]() May 21, 2012 - 16:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) hailed the Armenian -Russian cooperation in military-technical field. “Pilot projects on military and economic cooperation are currently underway,” Nikolay Bordyuzha told a press conference in the framework of Moscow-Yerevan-Astana-Kyiv- Chisinau space bridge. He said that in the cooperation framework, Armenia and Russia agreed on establishment of five-six joint enterprises on repair, utilization and modernization of arms. CSTO Secretary General stressed the importance of military-economic cooperation, which gives fresh impetus to military-industrial complexes of CSTO member states. “Within the framework of military-technical cooperation, each CSTO member-country is given preferences during procurement of weapons. The orders based on CSTO agreements increased by 2,5 times for the past two years,” Mr. Bordyuzha said. ![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |