On the 15th of September, 2009 the RA Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan received the ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Armenia Stepan Sukhorenko.

Greeting the ambassador S. Ohanyan stated with satisfaction that the Armenian-Belarusian military and military-technological relations continue to develop, a proof of which are the events and visits in the frames of the cooperation program signed between the defence departments of the two countries. They also pointed out that the two countries successfully cooperate in the frames of the CIS and CSTO. In this context they underlined the importance of the “West 2009” operative-tactical military training, which is to take place on the 26th-29th of September in the Republic of Belarus, in which the sub-units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus will take part. The abovementioned training are the second round of the joint military trainings of the operative groups of the sub-units of the Armed Forces of the CSTO member states, Fast Reaction Collective Forces, CSTO secretariat, Joint Staff, Forces and Means of the Collective Security System, where the operative group of the RA Ministry of Defence will also be present. During the meeting they also discussed issues regarding the present state of the bilateral relations and the perspectives of strengthening them in the military sphere.