ArmInfo. Defense Ministers of Armenia and Russia Suren Papikyan and Sergei Shoigu had a short conversation on the sidelines of the CSTO summit in Yerevan.
Thus, according to the RA defense department, on November 23, a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held in Yerevan with the participation of the secretaries of the national security councils of the CSTO member states, the ministers of foreign affairs and defense.
"Immediately after the meeting, the Ministers of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation had a short private conversation. Suren Papikyan and Sergey Shoigu exchanged views on a number of issues of bilateral interest, as well as on defense cooperation," the RA Defense Ministry said.