October 15, 2008 - 17:21 AMT
CIC countries to hold air defense exercise in summer 2009
The CIS Unified Air Defense System is planning Combat Commonwealth 2009 large-scale exercise in summer 2009, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told a news conference Wednesday after the CIS Defense Ministers' meeting.

He informed that the Ministers ratified a number of documents and exchange digital geodetic data.

The next meeting of the CIS Defense Ministers is due in Yerevan in May-June 2009, RIA Novosti reports.