CSTO pleased with Armenian-Russian military cooperation

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.