ArmInfo.Representatives of the Armenian Air Defense Forces on June 6-8 in Moscow will participate in the working meeting on the implementation and development of the provisions of the agreement "Creation of a unified regional air defense system for collective security in the Caucasus between Armenia and Russia". This was reported to ArmInfo by the press service of the Defense Ministry.
To recall, the agreement was signed on December 23, 2015. They envisage "the creation of a unified regional air defense system as an integral part of the united air defense system of the CIS member states". The main tasks of the air defense system are "to organize and carry out combat alert duty on air defense in the Caucasus region of collective security, to maintain the combat command and control system, as well as the armament and military equipment of the air defense forces in constant readiness for use, to carry out interaction with troops, which are part of other regional air defense systems, "the explanatory note says. To coordinate the joint actions of the air defense forces and the forces forming part of other regional air defense systems will be the commander-in-chief of the Air and Space Forces of the Russian Federation. The general command of joint actions of the Armed Forces of the Air Defense Forces will be carried out by the commander of the troops of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. It is assumed that the defense ministries of Russia and Armenia will organize in peacetime the planning of the use of air defense troops, their joint combat duty, cooperation, as well as joint operational and combat training. The procedure for the use of weapons by the duty officers will be determined by the legislation of the party in whose airspace the object is, against which the weapon is used.