Armenia did not participate in  CIS Council of Defense Ministers`  meeting in Almaty

ArmInfo. Armenia did not participate in the  CIS Council of Defense Ministers  meeting in Almaty on October 31.

According to the press service of the CIS Executive Committee, the  meeting was attended by Defense Ministers Zakir Hasanov of  Azerbaijan, Viktor Khrenin of Belarus, Dairen Kosanov of Kazakhstan,  Ruslan Mukambetov of Kyrgyzstan, Emomali Sobirzoda of Tajikistan,  Shukhrat Khalmukhamedov of Uzbekistan, and Yuri Dashkin, Secretary of  the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member states.  The  meeting summarized the implementation of the military cooperation  concept over the past five years and outlined promising plans for  further cooperation. A range of issues aimed at developing integrated  military systems were discussed, including communications and  integrated air defense.

.  According to the source, the participants paid particular  attention to the development of joint military systems. They examined  ways to further develop the unified air defense system, summarized  the experience of cooperation within the Joint Control System, and  discussed measures to improve the Joint Communications System.

Following the meeting,  the Defense Ministers Council signed  decisions aimed at enhancing military cooperation and strengthening  the armed forces of the CIS member states.

ArmInfo had previously contacted the Ministry of Defense to clarify  whether Armenia would participate at any level in the meeting of the  CIS heads of defense, but received no response.