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Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Sept 19 2012
Armenia concludes CSTO training
The Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) of the CSTO have started
the final stage of the Vzaimodeystviye-2012 military drills at the
Marshal Bagramyan Range in the Armavir Region of Armenia, RIA Novosti
reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai
Bordyuzha, Armenian and Russian Defense Ministers Seyran Oganyan and
Anatoly Serdyukov, heads of diplomatic missions of Armenia, UN and
OSCE observers are attending the drills.
The military drills started on September 15 with about 2,500 soldiers
of Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan taking part. The
International Red Cross Committee attends the drills. Kyrgyzstan is
not involved in the process. Tajikistan sent observers. About 500
vehicles, 50 artillery guns, 200 cars, 1500 small arms and drones were
mobilized.
Major-General Anatoly Yakovlev, Commander of the CSTO Joint Staff,
said that Armenia was split into three territories, according to the
scenario. The CSTO forces practice protection of the Caucasus Region.
The final stage will focus on counter-terrorism operations.
From: Baghdasarian
Sept 19 2012
Armenia concludes CSTO training
The Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) of the CSTO have started
the final stage of the Vzaimodeystviye-2012 military drills at the
Marshal Bagramyan Range in the Armavir Region of Armenia, RIA Novosti
reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai
Bordyuzha, Armenian and Russian Defense Ministers Seyran Oganyan and
Anatoly Serdyukov, heads of diplomatic missions of Armenia, UN and
OSCE observers are attending the drills.
The military drills started on September 15 with about 2,500 soldiers
of Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan taking part. The
International Red Cross Committee attends the drills. Kyrgyzstan is
not involved in the process. Tajikistan sent observers. About 500
vehicles, 50 artillery guns, 200 cars, 1500 small arms and drones were
mobilized.
Major-General Anatoly Yakovlev, Commander of the CSTO Joint Staff,
said that Armenia was split into three territories, according to the
scenario. The CSTO forces practice protection of the Caucasus Region.
The final stage will focus on counter-terrorism operations.
From: Baghdasarian