CIS foreign ministers agree on ratification of adapted conventional arms
treaty

Interfax news agency
22 Jun 05

Moscow, 22 June: The foreign ministers of the Collective Security
Treaty Organization’s member-states on Wednesday [22 June] signed a
statement on the ratification of the agreement on the adaptation of
the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty.

“The Collective Security Treaty Organization’s member-states believe
that the adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty is a
fundamental security guarantee in Europe and are doing everything
possible to ensure the earliest possible implementation of the
political commitment to make active efforts to finalize the national
ratification procedures, which were adopted in Istanbul in 1999,” the
foreign ministers said in a statement circulated today.

“The member-states hope that all signatories to the CFE treaty will
make similar efforts, which would allow the CFE treaty to remain an
important factor of stability and trust in Europe, and encourage other
countries to join it, which is expected to seriously strengthen the
architecture of European security,” the statement says.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization comprises Russia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia.