March 2, 2009 - 14:12 AMT
CSTO to create air defense regional systems
The Collective Security Treaty Organization considers installation of several types of regional integration military systems, the CSTO Secretary General said.

"Several military groups are functioning within the CSTO, namely Russian-Belarusian, Russian-Armenian and the Central Asian groups. We are planning to install regional communication and management systems to facilitate their functioning," Nikolai Bordyuzha told a news conference in Yerevan.

He also informed that Russia and Belarus have recently signed an agreement on a joint air defense system installation.

"Currently, talks are held with the Central Asian countries," he said.