  Armenia to host CSTO drills for special operations forces June 3, 2021 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will host Grom [Thunder] 2021 drills for special operations forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said on Thursday, June 3. Zainetdinov revealed that staff negotiations on arranging the special exercise took place in Armenia on June 1-3. Representatives of the Armenian police and other government agencies, members of the internal troops of the Belarusian, Kyrgyz and Russian Internal Affairs Ministries, the Drug Control Agency under the President of of Tajikistan, and the CSTO Secretariat took part in the negotiations. The exercise will take place on the territory of Armenia and involve two stages, during which the CSTO special forces will use armored vehicles, special-purpose automobiles, aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and service dogs. The Collective Security Treaty Organization includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
