"The so-called Russian-Belarusian integrated air defense network is just a part of the cooperation within the CSTO," CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha told a news conference in Moscow.
"We are expecting Russia and Armenia to set up a similar joint (air defense) network," he was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying.
The alliance will set up three regional air defense networks in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Bordyuzha said.
"After that we will advance to a higher level of cooperation, coordinating the activity of all regional networks and introducing common rules of engagement and information exchange," he said.
The CSTO, a post-Soviet security bloc, comprises Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Russia said last year it was planning to expand military-technical cooperation with other CSTO members and build a CSTO integrated air defense network.
Moscow and Minsk inked an agreement on Feb. 3 to establish a common air defense system.
Xinhua
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