Russia, Kazakhstan planning to set up joint air-defense systemSeptember 22, 2011 - 15:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia and Kazakhstan are planning to set up a joint air-defense system in the very near future, a senior Russian military official said on Thursday, September 22. "We already have such bilateral regional air-defense systems with Belarus and Armenia and in future we are planning to build a similar air-defense system with Kazakhstan," said Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov, deputy chief of the General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces. At present Kazakhstan's air-defense system is part of the integrated CIS air-defense system. A bilateral air-defense system with Kazakhstan could be created "in the very near future," Gerasimov added, RIA Novosti reported. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |