Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia, NikolayBordyuzha, Secretary General of the CSTO,Arthur Baghdasaryan,Secretary of the National Security Council, SeyranOhanyan, Minister of Defense, Anatoliy Serdyukov, Defense Minister of Russia, Yuri Zhadobin, Defense Minister of Belarus, representatives ofthe CSTO member-states, the CSTO Secretariat and Joint Staff, diplomatic missions accredited to Armenia, the CIS, UN, OSCE, ICRC and other officials of the Armenian Government and the National Assembly attended the final phase of “Interaction-2012” at "Marshal Baghramyan" training ground. The objective of the exercise was to hone practical skills of the command staff and operational planning, command and control of troops, to improve coordination and interoperability among units of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force, Special Forces, and other units, to strengthen the moral- psychological readiness of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force personnel, to improve practical skills under combat conditions in the field In addition to training objectives the Command Staff also had to deal with several research tasks to review and conduct analysis upon that will enable more effective reorganization of the troops and preparation and implementation of joint operations within the framework of the CSTO. During the final phase of the exercise the airborne/airmobile troops, motorized infantry, artillery, and aviation subunits of the member states as well asArmenian-made UAVs, special forces and other units of Armenia successfully accomplished their tasks in accordance with the scenario of the drills which unfolded in several areas - protection of the state border, neutralization of militant groups, prevention of terrorist acts, release of hostages, first aid, rescue operations, prevention of chemical and other techno-gene hazards, humanitarian assistance to civilians etc. The joint operation of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force troops deterred the aggression of the conditional enemy and restored the state border. The Command of the military exercise summed up the results according which the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forcewas announced to be capable to face any threat and give adequate responses to enemies in view of demonstrated successful coordination and high interoperability. The training, in overall brought together around 2000 servicemen from the CSTO member states, involved 500 units of military technics, 50 units of artillery, 200 units of automobile, 1,500 rifles, military aircrafts and helicopters and Armenian-made UAVs.