ArmInfo. According to the plan of operational and combat training of the CSTO member countries for 2018, the Armenian armed forces from October 30 to November 2 in the Russian Federation will take part in the "The Indestructible  Brotherhood-2018'' joint exercise with the peacekeeping forces of the  Collective Security Treaty Organization.

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ArmInfo. Within the framework of the "Shant-2018"command-staff exercises, held throughout the territory of Armenia from September 11-14, the National Assembly  of Armenia, according to a possible scenario, decided to declare war.  The press service of the Armenian parliament told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. In the framework of the command-staff exercises Shant-2018, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan convened a meeting of the Security Council on September 11.

ArmInfo. In connection with the incident that took place recently in Panik village, Shirak region of Armenia, during the exercises of units of the 102nd Russian military base, RA Defense Minister David Tonoyan visited Panik to get  acquainted with the situation on the spot. As a sign of friendship  and with the aim of exhausting the incident, the leadership of the  Russian base in Panic organized a festive event.

ArmInfo. Mass protests in Yerevan and the regions of the country can negatively affect the defense process. This was announced by  Armenian Defense Minister Vigen  Sargsyan on April 28 during a visit to the units of the 4th Army Corps.

ArmInfo. The vertical of the Armenian Armed Forces has undergone drastic changes after the constitutional reforms. Henceforth, the hierarchy vertical is Prime Minister - Security Council - the government - head of the General Staff. Serzh Sargsyan stated at the meeting with the leadership of the Armenian Armed Forces.

ArmInfo.Holding of large-scale military exercises of Azerbaijani Armed Forces treated with irony in Yerevan.

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ArmInfo. According to the plan of training the NKR Defense Army, on October 17, began.

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ArmInfo.Speculations about Armenia's refusal to participate at the last moment in NATO's Agile Spirit 2017 exercise are inappropriate. This is stated in the  statement of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, received in ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.Armenia is an independent state, and can independently decide in which exercises to participate, and in which there is not. A spokesman for the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun party bureau Hrant Margaryan commented on the refusal  of Armenia to participate in the NATO exercises in Georgia.

ArmInfo. The Armenian delegation headed by the Chief of the Air Defense Forces of Armed Forces, Colonel Armen Vardanyan will take part in the meeting of the  Air Defense Coordination Committee under the Council of CIS Defense  Ministers and in the joint trainings "Combat Commonwealth 2017" in  Moscow and Astrakhan from September 4 to 6.

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In an interview with ArmInfo, Ilgar Velizade, Head of the Baku-based "South Caucasus" Club of Political Scientists, speaks about the latest tendencies in the Karabakh peace process, in the policy of Big Powers towards the conflicting parties, as well as shares his vision of the impact of Constitutional reforms in Armenia and Azerbaijan on the Karabakh peace process. The Azerbaijani political analyst addresses also the current challenges to Azerbaijan’s national security.

ArmInfo. Within the  framework of the NATO Operational Capabilities Concept, three-day  peacekeeping exercises were held at the ZAR training center of  Armenia's Armed Forces Peacekeeping Brigade on September 27-30.    

ArmInfo. Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made remarks at a meeting with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier within the framework of the 71st Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, saying Azerbaijan is ready for substantive negotiations to change the status quo in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports.