On July 11, 2008 RA defense minister S. Ohanyan had a meeting connected with “RUBEJ 2008” military exercises, which will take place in Armenian in July-August.

The Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan announced that the dates of the exercises are already fixed. He said that the first two rounds have purely military political notion and the other two are the principle rounds of the military exercises. The Minister said that in the last round of the exercises a parade will be organized by the participation of Collective Security Treaty Organization and “Rubej 2008” participants. And those soldiers who will be more active will be awarded.