Defense Minister, CSTO Chief: military drills in Armenia successfulOctober 5, 2015 - 15:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) hailed Indestructible Brotherhood 2015 military drills, held on September 30 - October 4 in Armenia. Peacekeeping exercises Indestructible Brotherhood-2015 were held on September 30-Octover 4 in Armenia to improve the operational and combat training of forces and means of the collective security system. “The Armenian Defense Ministry took serious steps to create necessary conditions for the activities of peacekeeping units,” Nikolai Bordyuzha said. According to him, the CSTO Collective Security Council, Presidents of the CSTO member states are making special efforts to establish an effective power system for the Organization. Bordyuzha said that a number of serious measures aimed at the combat training of CSTO Collective Forces were taken this year alone. Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha discussed the process of implementation of decisions, made at a CSTO summit in Dushanbe, as well as issues concerning Armenia's chairmanship of the Organization. Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said, in turn, that the established goals were successfully accomplished in the course of the exercise. He noted that Armenia hosted the drills of CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces for the first time. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |