YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. A delegation led by Deputy State Secretary of Belarusian Security Council Stanislav Zas is in Armenia on a three-day working visit. A private talk between RA National Security Council Secretary Artur Baghdasarian and Stanislav Zas took place on November 12, after which working discussions in an enlarged staff took place. The sides discussed issues related to cooperation within the framework of CSTO, cooperation between Armenian and Belarusian Security Councils. A. Baghdasarian expressed satisfaction that cooperation within the framework of CSTO develops actively, joint efforts are made to activize military-technical cooperation, to exchange information in the security sphere, to train specialists of law enforcement structures, Ministry of Emergency Situations, to deepen cooperation between the special services and law enforcement structures. S. Zas attached importance to the tradition existing in CSTO, that is, initiatives are formed at the interstate level, then one of the sides presents them during discussions by the format of CSTO. The sides mentioned that Armenian-Belarusian cooperation develops rather efficiently within the framework of the Memorandum On Cooperation signed between the Security Councils, practical steps are undertaken to deepen cooperation in the military-industrial sphere. Possibilities of creation of joint ventures in this sphere, issues related to implementation of joint programs and mutual assistance were discussed. According to the agreement reached between the Armenian and Belarusian Security Councils in September in Brest, the Committee of CSTO Security Councils' Secretaries made a decision within the framework of CSTO to work out an interstate target program of technical reequipment of rapid reaction special subdivisions. An agreement to undertake concrete steps to fulfill the decision was reached during the meeting. Responsible persons from Armenian and Belarusian sides were appointed to follow fulfillment of the agreements reached. According to the RA National Security Council Secretary Press Office, the Belarusian delegation, which also included heads of big military-industrial enterprises, got acquainted with their possibilities on the spot and reached concrete agreements of cooperation.

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