Press Release

24 May, 2012 00:00

Second Staff Talks were held from May 23-24 at the Ministry of Defense for the preparation of CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force “Cooperation-2012” joint military exercise that will be hosted by Armenia in September with participation of CSTO member states’ Defense Ministers, and representatives from interested agencies, CSTO Secretariat and Joint Staff.

At the meeting they contemplated the final outline of the initiative and the procedure of its implementation, force composition and resources, procedure of logistic, medical and financial support as well as participation of ICRC and application of international humanitarian law principles. The participants made a visit to inspect the Marshal Baghramyan training ground and get a better knowledge of training centers, locations of national units, accommodations provided for the drills. At the end of the negotiations a protocol was signed about the results.