First Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Chief of General Staff Colonel Kerim Veliyev will attend the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS countries, which will be held on June 24 in Moscow. Reported by the news agency flow.
Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan had previously flown to Moscow to attend the Council.
On the eve of the event, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu meets He met with his Belarusian colleague Viktor Khrenin and noted the need for joint measures to strengthen the defense capacity of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.
Shoigu also emphasized the importance of increasing the combat readiness of the regional troops of the two countries and the combined air defense system. He promised “all kinds of support to the friends of Belarus”.
At the same time, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the participation of CSTO military personnel in a special military operation in Ukraine, but emphasized that the organization is “one of our priorities in the field of foreign policy and security.”
in Azerbaijan on June 23 passed the meeting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with President Ilham Aliyev, who stated that Azerbaijan’s position is aimed at establishing long-term peace in the region.
21 June Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported About the bombardment from the territory of Armenia.
According to the ministry, the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the direction of the Minkend settlements in the Lachin and Yellidzhe regions of Kelbajar were bombarded.
It is noted that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces took “adequate intervention measures”.
The Ministry of Defense of Armenia denied this statement.
Source: Gazeta
