YEREVAN. – The joint military exercises of Collective Rapid Reaction Force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be held from September 15 to 19 in Armenia, CSTO spokesperson Vladimir Zaynetdinov told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

He stated that the previously declared date is changed by to the request of the Armenian side due to technical reasons.

The CSTO exercises will be conducted in Armenia in accordance with the Plan of joint activities of operational and combat training of government and groups of forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

The theme of the exercise is the “Usage of force and assets of CSTO in the Caucasus region of collective security with the participation of Collective Rapid Reaction Forces.”