FORUM OF SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARIES OF TREATY ON COLLECTIVE SECURITY PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES OPENING IN BISHKEKDecember 9, 2002 - 19:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 5-th sitting of the committee of security council secretaries of the Treaty on Collective Security (TCS) participant counties will open in Bishkek December 10-11. As the Armenian defense ministry press service told "Arminfo" agency, Armenia would be represented at the sitting by advisor of the defense minister, colonel Hayk Kotanjian. According to Russian sources, the sitting participants will focus on questions of international and regional security, including the situation in Iraq. The committee will discuss the implementation of the decisions passed at the sitting of the Council of Collective Security in Moscow this May. These concern the development and strengthening of the military component of the TCS and conferring status of international regional organization to it. In the course of the meeting matters of interaction in the sphere of struggle against international terrorism, illegal drug circulation, transnational organized crime and questions touching the interests of the national security of TCS countries will also be discussed. Top stories 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. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | U.S., Armenia sign customs deal According to Armenian customs data, U.S.-Armenian trade reached $670 million last year. Glendale mayor to visit Yerevan Asatryan last visited Armenia in December 2022-January 2023 as she helped establish a partnership between Armenia’s Opera House and Los Angeles Opera. Ucom’s fixed network launches in Nor Hachn City residents will be able to use fixed-line Internet, mobile communications and television in one package at more affordable prices. Ambassador summoned to Russia returns to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin has returned to Yerevan more than two weeks after being recalled to Moscow for consultations. |