DEFENSE POTENTIAL OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY COUNTRIES TO BE INTEGRATED IN SHORT-TERM OUTLOOK

The defense potential of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, forming part of the Organization of the Treaty on Collective Security (OTCS), will become closely integrated in the short-term outlook. As reported by “Belta” agency, stated chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Anatoly Kvashnin being present at the joint Belarus- Russian military exercises in Minsk. In his words, the parties “will use united plans, which will mean joint standardization, unification, as well as a joint defense and industrial economic potential.” A. Kvashnin also reported that within the OTCS framework a program for developing armament and equipment for 2006-20016 will be adopted.