AGGRESSION AGAINST CSTO MEMBER STATE CONSIDERED AS AGAINST ORGANIZATION

PanArmenian News
Feb 17 2005

17.02.2005 14:11

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Aggression against any CSTO (Collective Security
Treaty Organization) member state is considered as aggression against
the organization, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha stated.
“Within the framework of the passed Treaty on Collective Security,
in case of aggression against one of the Organization member states,
the rest of the states consider it as aggression against themselves
with all the ensuing consequences,” he said. Including, as specified
by the Secretary General, any type of assistance may be provided
to the country in question if needed. However he emphasized that
the Organization is inclined towards the political solution of any
problems. “The history teaches us that any steps of armed nature are
easy to undertake, but it is virtually not possible to localize the
problem after that. It develops into bloodshed thus we are oriented
to the political solution of the question,” N. Bordyuzha said. He
also stated that the CSTO is open to all those wishing to join it if
the political course of the state and political leadership of those
countries are in line with the principles, which the organization
advocates. “We are ready to consider the accession of any state to the
organization,” he said. When commenting on the situation in the South
Caucasus from the point of view of obvious division of geo-political
preferences: Armenia as a CSTO member and Georgia and Azerbaijan,
which obviously gravitate towards the NATO, N. Bordyuzha depicted it
as a sovereign right of every state. “If those countries link their
future with securing themselves with the NATO, it is their sovereign
right. It means that they think it is better for them,” he said.