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The joint counterterrorism exercise of the Commonwealth of Independent States titled as Ararat Antiterror 2019 will take place in seven CIS states in September. It will focus on ensuring the security of fuel and energy industry installations, the press service of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center told media.

Security agencies of Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan will take part in the exercise. Two final stages of the exercise will take place in Armenia.

An educational meeting took place at premises of the Fuel and Energy Industry Security Department of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin (Gubkin University) on 22 August as part of preparations for the exercise. The meeting was arranged by the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center. Representatives of security agencies of the CIS member states, specialists of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center, experts specializing in the security of critical installations of Russian companies took part in the meeting.