Russia to create joint air defense system with Armenia

RBC, 13.02.2009, Moscow 13:42:11.Russia is poised to create a joint air defense system with Armenia, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha told a press conference in Moscow today. He indicated that the possibility of building an air defense system for data exchange in Central Asia was also being considered at the moment. Bordyuzha pointed out that this would be the first stage in the creation of three air defense systems - in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia - that would be followed by the second stage, involving the coordination of all regional systems and the establishment of a system for data exchange. The official added that such work was part of military cooperation within the CSTO.