September 29, 2006 - 17:42 AMT
Atom-AntiTerror 2006 Exercise Over in Armenia
Atom-AntiTerror 2006 command staff exercise is over in Armenia. According to Director of the RA National Security Service Gorik Hakobian, the exercise was a success. In his words, the goals set within the CIS member states' cooperation program were achieved. To note, during the exercise, the Armenian special forces jointly with the special forces of the Russian Federal Security Service performed an operation for eliminating terrorists and release of hostages in the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant.
Such an exercise with the participation of representatives of Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, was held in Armenia for the first time. The exercise was observed by representatives of the G8, anti-terror unit of the OSCE Secretariat and counter-terror committee of the UN Security Council as well as of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, reported IA Regnum.