CSTO REPRESENTATIVES TO JOIN OSCE MILITARY OBSERVER MISSION IN S. OSSETIA

Interfax
Aug 27 2008
Russia

Representatives from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
will join a mission of OSCE military observers in the Georgian-South
Ossetian conflict zone, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha told
Interfax on Wednesday.

"Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia have already declared their
interest in participation in the OSCE [Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe] military observer mission. Participation of
other members of the organization is possible as well," Bordyuzha said.

The selection of candidates for the mission is under way in the said
countries, a process influenced by the factor of time and a number
of criteria that the future military observers are supposed to comply
with, Bordyuzha said.

"The CSTO secretariat is interested in participation of organization
representatives in the military observer mission, as this would
improve objectiveness of the monitoring in the conflict zone.

Representation of our states in the said mission is within the
framework of the efforts to strengthen the CSTO’s interaction with
other international security structures," Bordyuzha said.