CIS defense ministers to talk military cooperation in Tajikistan

The council of the defense ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose association of post-Soviet countries, will meet in Dushanbe on Tuesday, the Tajik Defense Ministry said.

DUSHANBE, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - The council of the defense ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose association of post-Soviet countries, will meet in Dushanbe on Tuesday, the Tajik Defense Ministry said.

Chief ministry spokesman Faridun Makhmadaliyev said the meeting in the Tajik capital would involve delegations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

He said the council would discus military cooperation between the CIS member states and approve the 2010 agenda, as well as moves to develop a united air defense system by 2015.