Wednesday, October 30 2019 14:02

ArmInfo.The Armenian Defense Ministry blames the enemy for the aggravating situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. 

"The Azerbaijani side against the background of the meeting of the  Council of CIS Defense Ministers in Baku obviously goes on  provocations, exacerbating the situation on the state border with  Armenia. We urge the Azerbaijani side to refrain from provocations.  For our part, we note that the provocations will not remain  unanswered after the meeting ",  said the press secretary of the  Ministry of Defense of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan on his Facebook  page.

To note, a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS  countries is being held in Baku today.  As already officially stated  in the Armenian Defense Department, Armenia will not take part in the  work of the council.

The event is attended by Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir  Hasanov, Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu, Minister of  Defense of Belarus Andrei Ravkov, Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan  Nurlan Yermekbayev, Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan Bakhodir  Kurbanov, Minister of Defense of Tajikistan Mirzo Sherali and Chief  of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, Rayimberdi  Duishenbiyev.

At the meeting of Council of CIS Defense Ministers, it is planned to  consider a range of issues of multilateral cooperation of the  Commonwealth states in the military sector.

Key attention at the meeting will be given to the Concept of Military  Cooperation of the CIS Member States until 2025. The draft Concept is  aimed at achieving a new level of cooperation in the military sector,  reflects the national interests and joint priorities of the  Commonwealth states in the field of ensuring security and countering  modern challenges and threats.

In addition, issues of training officers for the armed forces of the  member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, on joint  activities for the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great  Patriotic War of 1941-1945, and other important areas in the field of  military cooperation will be considered.

During the joint work, the heads of defense departments will analyze  the state of development of military cooperation, outline joint  activities for the next year and the near future, and consider other  issues of partnership in the defense and security sector in the CIS.