ARMENIA TO BE ELECTED CHAIR OF COUNCIL OF COLLECTIVE SECURITYMay 23, 2001 - 20:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, May 23. /Mediamax/. Armenia will be elected the chair of the Council of Collective Security (CCS) at the coming May 24-25th Yerevan session of the Collective Security Agreement (CSA) member-states, CCS Secretary General Valerie Nikolayenko said today at a briefing in Yerevan.According to him, CCS leadership is passed to CSA member-states on rotation principle in the alphabetic order. The posts of the chairmen of the Councils of heads of foreign affairs and defense departments of CCS will also be appointed at the Yerevan summit. Speaking about the agenda of the summit, Nikolayenko especially noted the plans on formation of Rapid Deployment Force for Central Asia. Presidents of CSA member-states will sign also a protocol on the order of formation, functioning and interaction of regional forces of collective security in 3 directions: European, Caucasian and Central-Asian. --0-- 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |