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20 April 2009 [10:39] - Today.Az
"The CIS format for the Defense Ministers is an area, where Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia can meet", said secretary of the CIS Defense Ministers Council Alexander Sinayskiy at Echo Moskvy.
"And they do not merely meet and they regularly communicate, they always have common topics for discussion. It is very important for Russia as these both states in which we are greatly interested. Armenia is not quite a neighbor, it is far from Russia. But it is our ally and it is very important that everything is in the interests of support of general stability", said he.
As for the upcoming NATO trainings in Georgia, general Sinayski noted that CSTO members Armenia and Kazakhstan might explain their participation by saying that formally the trainings are held under the UN auspices in the format of the NATO program of "Partnership for Peace". At the same time, he voiced opinion that "if we approach rationally, these trainings are untimely".
He also announced that the upcoming trainings are not maneuvers: "There will be nothing terrible about it. These will be methodical trainings, methodical gatherings, in other word, this will be a political demarche by NATO. Despite the negative perception of Russia, this demarche will be executed. We should take it calmly".
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