YEREVAN. – The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, on Friday convened and chaired a provisory meeting of the Cabinet, within the framework of the Shant (Lightning) 2015 strategic command and staff military exercises being held from Thursday to Sunday.

At the talk, the ministers presented the course of performing the assignments given to them in their respective domains, and which stem from the scenario of the aforesaid maneuvers.

The President, for his part, underscored these military drills. He also stressed that the ultimate goal of these exercises is to be prepared to take the most effective measures in case of actual events.

Once the Cabinet members’ reports were heard and relevant decisions were made, the respective instructions were given to ensure the implementation of these decisions.