  SERGE SARGSIAN PARTICIPATES IN MEETING OF CIS DEFENSE MINISTERS' COUNCILAugust 30, 2001 - 21:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Defense Minister of Armenia Serge Sargsian is participating in the regular meeting of CIS Council of Defense Ministers, which is taking place in Astrakhan. Two days earlier there in "Ashuluk" training ground joint technical exercises of air defense united system of CIS countries "Combat Commonwealth - 2001" had started. Anti-aircraft defense forces of Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan take part in the exercises. Chairman of Coordination Committee on Air Defense under the committee of CIS Defense Ministers, Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Forces General Anatoli Kornukov is in command of the exercises.   Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenian wrestlers win 3 medals at U20 European Championships  The Armenian team has won 3 medals at the U20 European Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships.Ameriabank, COAF pool efforts to develop beekeeping in Lori COAF and Ameriabank have presented their joint program Harvesting Nature’s Bounty.Putin to meet Erdogan, Aliyev on SCO sidelines Putin will hold meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. |
