CSTO Chief Meets With Armenia FM

CSTO CHIEF MEETS WITH ARMENIA FM
by Tigran Liloyan

ITAR-TASS News Agency
March 14, 2006 Tuesday 05:52 AM EST

General Secretary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha, who arrived in the Armenian capital for
a working visit on Tuesday, discussed with Armenian Foreign Minster
Vartan Oskanyan the situation in the CSTO zone of responsibility and
ways of improving its activity.

“Issues of CSTO cooperation with other international organizations
were considered,” Itar-Tass learnt at the Press and Information
Department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

In this context, Nikolai Bordyuzha informed the interlocutor on the
results of his visits to Central Asian countries and the U.N.

headquarters. The sides exchanged opinions on preparations for a
session of the Collective Security Council and for meetings of other
CSTO bodies.

The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
and Tajikistan.