ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SEYRAN OHANIAN TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVE ROUND OF THE MILITARY TRAININGS HELD WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF CSTO

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS:Conduction of the first joint complex trainings within the frameworks of Collective Security Treaty Organization is intended for 2009 in three rounds in which the operative groups of member-states, CSTO secretariat, joint headquarter, military units, and operative forces of fast reaction and units of special mission will take part. The first round was held August 25-28 in Moscow on the base of the CSTO joint headquarter, in which from the Armenian Defense Ministry an operative group of five people, as well as representatives of the Police, Armenian Emergency Situations Ministry and Armenian National Security Service headed by General-lieutenant M. Sargsian took part. Press secretary of the Armenian defense Ministry Seyran Shahsuvarian told Armenpress that the second round will be held in Belarus September 26-29 with the “Zapad-2009” operative strategic training between the Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia under the “organization of the applying of the military units of the armed forces of CSTO member states in the Eastern- European region” theme. Armenian Defense Ministry does not plan the participation of Armenian Armed Forces in the second round of the training but the operative group of the RA Armed Forces headed by the Head of the Strategic Planning Department of the DM, Colonel G. Tavaratsian will take part in the mentioned trainings. At the same `time` according to the invitation of the Belarus Defense Minister L. Maltsev, the Armenian DM S. Ohanian and other DM top-officials will September 29 take part in the active round of the trainings as honorary guests.