CSTO defense ministers to convene in Astana on 3 May

MINSK. April 29. KAZINFORM A session of the Defense Ministers Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will take place in Astana on 3 May, CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov told BelTA.

The session will focus on joint measures to advance the military cooperation and the need to step up allied solidarity of the CSTO member states in view of the existing and potential global and regional security problems as well as political and economic pressure. The defense ministers will talk over the refitting of the collective rapid response forces with modern armaments, military hardware and special materiel. They will also discuss future development and perfection of these forces, military technical and military economic cooperation, ways to improve the training of military personnel for the armies of the CSTO member states, BelTA says.
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian is expected to inform participants of the session about the joint exercise Interaction 2012, which is scheduled to take place in Armenia on 3-8 September.

After the session the CSTO defense ministers will take part in the opening of the international armaments and military hardware expo KADEX 2012, which is scheduled to take place in Kazakhstan.

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