  Armenia to take part in major counter-terrorism drill in Belarus May 25, 2016 - 12:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Top officers of the counterterrorism units of security agencies and special services of the CIS member states will convene in Minsk, Belarus on 31 May – 2 June, BelTA reports citing the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. During the meeting, the results of the first stage of the CIS counterterrorism exercise Cyber Antiterror 2016 will be summed up and the final phase of the exercise will take place. In the final phase, a counterterrorism operation will be staged to free hostages and neutralize terrorists at a strategically important installation (the Lukoml state district power plant in this case). Delegations of competent agencies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, the CIS Executive Committee, the Secretariat of the Defense Ministers Council, other committees and agencies will come to Minsk for the event.  Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says  David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
