Ohanyan to attend CIS Defense Ministers’ Council session![]() June 22, 2012 - 13:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan will attend CIS Defense Ministers’ Council session due July 5 in Russian city of Kaliningrad. At the event, to be chaired by Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov, the parties will focus on joint use of Russia’s military orbital group and space vehicles in the interests of CIS armies. Also, the layout of “Clean Sky 2012” joint air force will be determined, with Kazakhstan –hosted anti-missile command post military exercises and joint events for 2013 to be discussed. The session will host defense ministry delegations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine 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 |