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At its Oct. 22 sitting, the Board of the RA Ministry of Defense chaired by Minister Seyran Ohanyan, discussed reforms of the Armenian defense system, present problems and ways of resolving them.

The press service of the RA defense office informed NEWS.am that Minister Ohanyan pointed out that the aim of defense reforms is forming a modern defense system based on the fundamental democratic principles of civil control, defense planning and management, which would meet modern military requirements. Read the rest of this entry »

The purchase of any weapons affects the balance of forces in the region, RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan said in an interview with RFE/RL, commenting on the reports on Russia?s sale of two batteries of S-300 air-defense systems to Azerbaijan. Read the rest of this entry »

On August 25, Armenian National Security Council secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan met with Philip Peirce, the regional coordinator of United Nations Development Program on Support to the Integrated Border Management Systems in the South Caucasus. Read the rest of this entry »

The refreshed defense pact signed between Armenia and Russia does not violate the provisions of the agreement on reduction of conventional arms signed among Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine Moldova and Azerbaijan in Tashkent in 1992, Armenia?s former defense minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan told Tert.am. Read the rest of this entry »

RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov neither confirmed nor refuted the rumors about the sale of S-300 systems to Azerbaijan.

?Russia will never supply weapons to any region if it destabilizes the situation in the region,? Minister Lavrov stated in his interview with the Armenian Public Television. Read the rest of this entry »

Russia says it has deployed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles in the breakaway region of Abkhazia in Georgia. The Georgian government – which refuses to acknowledge Abkhazia’s independence – says it is “concerned” by the move. Read the rest of this entry »

A 2-day informal CSTO summit will launch August 20 in Yerevan.

Yerevan and the town of Sevan are to host negotiations and meetings.

Regional security issues, stability challenges, collaboration between CSTO states are on summit agenda, RA presidential press service reported. Read the rest of this entry »

Numerous reports on frequent clashes between the Kurdish rebels and the Turkish armed forces appeared in the German press. It is also noted that the Turkish army uses chemical weapons against Kurds. Read the rest of this entry »

The only scenario enabling resumption of hostilities in Karabakh may occur in case Azeri people resolve to turn words, prompted by military rhetoric, into actions, an Armenian MP said. Read the rest of this entry »