ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO TAKE PART IN CSTO SUMMIT IN MINSK
Arka News Agency, Armenia
June 22 2006
Yerevan, June 22. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharyan is to leave for
Minsk on June 23 to take part in a plenary meeting of the Council of
the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the RA presidential
press service reports.
The CSTO Presidential Summit will be preceded by meetings of the CSTO
Ministers’ Council and Secretaries of the Security Councils.
The plenary meeting is to begin with a meeting of the Presidents of the
CSTO member-countries. The meeting participants will exchange views on
the political situation in the region of the CSTO’s responsibility. The
presidential meeting will be followed by a joint plenary meeting to
be attended by Foreign Ministers, Ministers of Defense and Secretaries
of Security Councils.
The Presidents are to discuss the priorities of the organization’s
activities and approve the CSTO Declaration on further reforms of
the organization and enhancement of its efficiency.
The meeting participants are to sign a number of documents to expand
the contractual basis of cooperation between the CSTO members.
The Armenian President is to take part at a meeting of the EurAsEc
Council as observer. The same day the Armenian delegation led by
President Robert Kocharyan is to return to Yerevan.
The CSTO comprises Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrchyzstan
and Tajikistan. P.T. -0–