YEREVAN. – A regular meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Defense Ministers’ Council was convened Wednesday in Moscow.

A delegation from Armenia, led by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, also participated in this event in the Russian capital city.

The Ministry of Defense informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that the discussants considered over twenty matters, and with respect to the further improvement of CIS military cooperation.

The participants in the meeting also outlined the joint events which the armed forces of the CIS member countries will hold in 2017, and conferred on several other military issues.

On the same day, Ohanyan had a tête-à-tête with Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu.

They discussed the avenues for strengthening defense cooperation and expanding technico-military collaboration as well as matters of mutual interest, and aimed at the further deepening of strategic allied relations between Armenia and Russia.