The "Indestructible Brotherhood-2015" military exercise for the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces are over at the Baghramyan Polygon in Yerevan. Talking to reporters, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said the tasks of the exercises have been implemented successfully. The minister highlighted that Armenia hosts such high-level exercises for the first time and expressed the importance of the presence of the UN and ICRC representatives at the event.
"In the course of the five episodes conducted during the exercises, we witnessed the coordinated and efficient actions of the units. We made sure that our units can ac efficiently, smoothly and promptly when necessary. It is very important in our region where the situation is rather complicated," the Armenian minister said. CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha, in turn, highly appreciated the exercises of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces. "The exercises were held very successfully. A huge work has been carried out. The leadership of the Defense Ministry of Armenia took very serious measures to ensure and create the necessary conditions for the activity of the CSTO peacekeeping units," Bordyuzha said. In this light, he recalled a range of events organized in the current year to improve the combat efficiency of the CSTO Collective Force. At the end of the exercises, the best officers were awarded.
To note, "Indestructible Brotherhood 2015" military exercises of CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces were conducted in Armenia's "Baghramyan" military training center from September 30 to October 4. The main objectives of "Indestructible Brotherhood 2015" was to upgrade the mutual understanding and cooperation amongst peacekeeping contingents involved in the exercises, improvement of the practical skills of the commanders and headquarters involved in the preparatory stage of peacekeeping operations, and implementation of a common development plan intended to solve problems related with isolation and cessation of conflict. About 500 pieces of military hardware and 600 servicemen are involved in the drills.