Artur Baghdasaryan, secretary of National Security Council of Armenia, said Friday that an academy will be opened in Armenia to provide education and training to the military, police and other departments of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member countries.

He mentioned that a new agreement on cooperation in the military-technical sphere must be renewed, as the last document was signed some 20 years ago. The new agreement will focus on simplifying instruments for cooperation between Armenian and Russian enterprises.

A branch of Russian state agency "Rosgranitsa" will be opened in Armenia and will modernize parts of the Armenian state border which are defended by Russian border guards.

In addition, a Russian agency of state reserves, a substructure of joint Armenian and Russian reserves, will be established in Armenia. It is expected to play an efficient role in developing the system of state reserves in Armenia.

Armenia is a member of CSTO from 2002. CSTO also groups Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan. Endi

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