Armenia Ratifies Joint Air Defense Deal with Russia

(Photo: Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry’s Press Office)

YEREVAN (TASS)””The Armenian parliament has ratified an agreement with Russia on establishing a united air defense system in the post-Soviet security bloc’s Caucasian region.

The agreement on joint air defense in the Caucasian region of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was supported by 102 Armenian MPs with eight votes against it and one abstention.

“With this agreement, we get an additional resource for our air defense,”