Collective
Air Force
http://www.sgvavia.ru/forum/107-4063-5
Iran Press TV
Tue
Dec 23, 2014 7:44AM GMT
The Collective Security
Treaty Organization (CSTO) military alliance, consisting of six former Soviet
Union countries, is set to establish a collective air force, Press TV reports.
The
issue was discussed at a meeting of the CSTO member states, including Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, in the Russian capital,
Moscow, on Monday.
"Participants
in the meeting will consider creation of CSTO collective air force. A plan of
joint events in operational and combat training for 2015 is expected to be
approved," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement issued earlier
in the day.
Following
the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the post-Soviet
military bloc is a multifunctional alliance capable of dealing with different
challenges and threats in the region.
"We
discussed allied relations in the organization, including further improvement
of the collective security system, peacekeeping activities, prospects for
strengthening military cooperation and coordinating foreign political
tasks," the top Russian diplomat added.
Tajikistan
will take over the organization's presidency in 2015 from Russia at a meeting
which will be held in Moscow on Tuesday.
The
move comes against a backdrop of strained ties between Russia and the West over
Ukraine. Russia has been hit with a series of sanctions by the US and the
European Union, which accuse Moscow of playing a role in the ongoing crisis in
eastern Ukraine, a claim Russia has repeatedly rejected.
Moscow
says NATO is using the current crisis in Ukraine as a pretext to increase its
presence near Russia's western borders.
The
Collective Security Treaty was signed on 15 May 1992. The bloc's charter
stresses the will of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat
of force, while aggression against one signatory would be regarded as
aggression against all.
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