Meeting of CIS Chiefs of Signals

In accordance with the Work Plan of the Council of Defence Ministers of the CIS Member States for 2021 and the Plan of International Military Cooperation for 2021, a meeting of the CIS Chiefs of Signals Coordination Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) was held in Yerevan (Republic of Armenia) on 6 October.

During the meeting, issues related to measures for the creation, functioning and development of a joint (united) communication system of the armed forces of the CIS member states were considered, the results of the Committee’s activities in 2021 were summed up, and the main activities for the medium-term period of 2021-2025 were identified.

By unanimous decision of the CIS Chiefs of Signals Coordination Committee, Chief of Signals, Chief of the Signals Directorate of the General Staff Maj. Gen. Oleg Mishchenko was elected the Deputy Chairman of the CIS Chiefs of Signals Coordination Committee.

Within the framework of the Committee’s work, the Belarusian delegation held a bilateral working meeting with representatives of the signal troops of the Russian Armed Forces on the functioning and development of the unified communications system of the regional grouping of troops (forces) of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation.

The meeting of the Committee and the bilateral meeting were held in a friendly and businesslike atmosphere, which made it possible to determine the directions for the development of military communications in the post-Soviet countries.