Russian Defense Minister to visit ArmeniaSeptember 17, 2012 - 17:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 18, Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov will arrive in Armenia to attend Interaction – 2012 CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) military exercise. Interaction – 2012 CSTO CRRF military drills were launched Sept. 15 at Marshal Baghramyan firing ground in Armenia. As Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan stated at the opening ceremony, the exercise is held in line with CSTO combat training plan for 2012. The drills aim to form an addition to CSTO’s Collective Rapid Reaction Forces currently listing 20000 people. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |