The Russian Foreign Ministry hosted Armenian-Russian bilateral consultations on a wide range of security issues on December 23, News Armenia reports.
Consultations from the Russian side were led by Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the department for security and disarmament, and his deputy Grigory Mashkov, while the Armenian side was represented by Samvel Mkrtchyan, head of the department for control over armaments and international security.
An emissary of the Armenian embassy in Russia, Ruben Ananyan, also attended the consultations.
The sides discussed control over exports, in particular, the most efficient ways of multilateral and bilateral cooperation within international regimes. Special attention was paid to joint efforts for realization of resolution 1540 of the UN Security Council.
The sides discussed prospects for reconsideration of the CFE Treaty and its full-fledged realization.
The sides expressed views on negotiations of the treaty on sales of weapons and formation of the European missile shield. They agreed to organize regular consultations.
