February 13, 2009 - 15:09 AMT
Russia, Armenia to create joint air defense system
Russia and Armenia are planning creation of joint air defense system, CSTO Secretary General said.

"Possibility of creation of exchangeable air defense system in Central Asia is also under consideration," Nikolay Bordyuzha told a news conference in Moscow.

"This is the initial stage of creation of three anti-aircraft systems in Eastern European dimension, Caucasus and Central Asia. Then we will proceed to coordination of all three regional systems and development of information exchange scheme. It's a part of work we carry out in the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization," he said, RBC reports.

The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.