The meeting of the CSTO was attended by the defense ministers of the member states of the organization. Photo: Internet On May 24, 2022, a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held via videoconference under the chairmanship of the Minister of Defense of Armenia, Suren Papikyan. It […]
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The meeting of the CSTO was attended by the defense ministers of the member states of the organization.
Photo: Internet
On May 24, 2022, a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held via videoconference under the chairmanship of the Minister of Defense of Armenia, Suren Papikyan.
It was reported that the participants of the meeting discussed challenges and threats to military security in the collective security regions and the implementation of proposals following the CSTO peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in January 2022.
The Council of Defense Ministers approved a plan for the joint training of command bodies and formations of the collective security system for 2023, which defines, in particular, the conduct of joint exercises with the CSTO collective forces.
A draft decision of the Security Council on the joint formation of radiation, chemical, and biological protection and medical support was also approved, outlining the tasks of the formation during deployment on the territory of a CSTO member state, as well as the procedure for equipping it with weapons, military, and special equipment.
The Chairman of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CSTO, Suren Papikyan, summarizing the meeting, thanked all participants for their productive work and announced that the next meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers is proposed to be held in Armenia in the second half of the current year.
Photo: Internet