YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The 71st session of the Defense Ministers Council of the CIS participating states took place in Moscow on November 30. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan participated in the session.

Various documents regulating the cooperation between the Defense Ministries of the Participant States were discussed. The works done in 2016 were summarized and the directions of 2017 joint works were planned.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, based on the session results, decisions on issues related to the air defense joint system, communication system development, expansion of mutual cooperation in humanitarian demining field, military personnel training, conducting joint measures on combat readiness, as well as military-sports and educational events within the CIS format were adopted.

In the sidelines of the CIS Defense Ministers Council session, Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan held bilateral meetings with his Russian and Belarusian counterparts Sergey Shoygu and Andrei Ravkov.

During the meeting between the Armenian and Russian Defense Ministers the agreement on “the creation of a united military unit comprised of Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and Russian Federation” was signed. The sides also affirmed the defense cooperation plan for 2017.

During the meeting of the Defense Ministers of Armenia and Belarus the defense cooperation plan for 2017 was signed.