Armenian Minister of Defense left for Kaliningrad

YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS: The delegation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan jetted for the Russian Federation to take part in CIS Council of Defense Ministers regular meeting due in Kaliningrad.

As information and public relations department of the Ministry of Defense informed Armenpress the participants are scheduled to envisage more than twenty issues related to the development of military and technical cooperation within the framework of CIS.

At the course of the visit Armenian Defense Minister is set to have bilateral meetings with his Russian and Belarusian counterparts.

The CIS Charter establishes the Council of Ministers of Defense, which is vested with the task of coordinating military cooperation of the CIS member states. To this end, the Council develops conceptual approaches to the questions of military and defense policy of the CIS member states; develops proposals aimed to prevent armed conflicts on the territory of the member states or with their participation; gives expert opinions on draft treaties and agreements related to the questions of defense and military developments; issues related suggestions and proposals to the attention of the CIS Council of the Heads of State. Also important is the Council's work on approximation of the legal acts in the area of defense and military development.