Armenian, Russian Defense Ministers stress importance of allied relationsMay 23, 2018 - 19:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian defense minister Davit Tonoyan met his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on the sidelines of a session of Defense Ministers Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Wednesday, May 23. During his visit to Astana, Tonoyan also met his colleagues from the CSTO member countries. The Armenian and Russian defense chiefs discussed the importance of Armenia-Russia allied relations and stressed the readiness of both sides to expand cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats. At the session, the defense ministers exchanged views on the training of military personnel of the CSTO member states till 2020, also discussing joint training of command and control bodies as well as forces and assets of the CSTO collective security system in 2019. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |