Army’s general staff chief receives CIS Defense Ministers Council Secretary
By Vugar Khalilov
Azerbaijan’s First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff Col-Gen Karim Valiyev received the Secretary of the Defense Ministers Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Maj-Gen Yuri Dashkin, Azernews reports.
During the meeting, organizational issues of the next meeting of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the CIS member states' armed forces, which is scheduled to take place in Baku in October 2022, were discussed.
The parties agreed to check the meeting location and discussed a number of additional topics, the ministry said.
The Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a working organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States in charge of the CIS's military strategy. It organizes military cooperation among CIS member nations and develops the CIS's military and defense strategy.
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was founded in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Meetings are held periodically on a rotating basis at the CIS countries’ capitals. An informal summit was held in Sochi, Russia in July 2001. Forums include the Council of Heads of State, the Council of Prime Ministers, and the Council of Foreign Ministers.
The CIS performs its activities on the basis of the Charter, adopted by the Council of Heads of States on 22 January 1993, which stipulates the goals and principles of the Commonwealth, and the rights and obligations of the countries.
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