Air defense research organizations to be established within CSTOAugust 16, 2016 - 15:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Basic research organizations in the air defense sector will be created within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said Tuesday, August 16. Speaking after a session of the CSTO Defense Ministers Council, Ohanyan said the summit addressed enhancement of cooperation among member states of the Organization, Sputnik Armenia reports. “Our meetings enable duscussing topical issues, given the geopolitical situation within the CSTO area and the Caucasus, as well as to define activities for a further development of the Organization’s military component,” Ohanyan said. Defense Ministry delegations from CSTO member states - Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan – as well as Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha and Chief of Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov participated in the session. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |