Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense D. Tonoyan on September 7 met in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Russian Deputy Minister of Defense A. Antonov. At the meeting the sides discussed a wide range of issues related to Armenian-Russian bilateral cooperation in the sphere of defense, including the joint multinational military exercises to be held by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Armenia on September 15-19, 2012. Armenian Military Attaché in the Russian Federation, Colonel T. Hovhannisyan was also present at the meeting.

