Baku, Azerbaijan, April 21
Trend:
The CIS countries will hold joint military drills within the framework of the integrated air defense system in 2018, Sputnik Uzbekistan reported.
The corresponding statement was made by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, First Deputy Minister of Defense, Army General Valery Gerasimov at the meeting of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan attended the meeting of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Kazan.
The parties analyzed the implementation of the 2020 military cooperation concept, agreed on joint activities for 2019, approved the “Regional Security – 2018” joint computer command and staff exercise of the joint air defense system.
The exercise was proposed by the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces.
The Chiefs of Staff exchanged views on the military-political situation, analyzed the challenges and threats to the CIS countries during the meeting.