CSTO FOREIGN MINISTERS TO LOOK INTO S. OSSETIA ISSUE

RosBusinessConsulting
Sept 2 2008
Russia

RBC, 02.09.2008, Moscow 13:21:21.The Foreign Ministers of Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states are poised to
hold a meeting in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the conflict in
South Ossetia, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s information and press
department stated today. Specifically, the Foreign Ministers of
Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and
Uzbekistan are expected to participate in the discussions. The meeting
will be chaired by Eduard Nalbandian, the Foreign Minister of Armenia,
which is to take over the organization’s rotating chairmanship from
Kyrgyzstan. The Ministers also intend to discuss the prospects of
expanding military and technical cooperation between CSTO countries,
as well as the ways of countering new challenges and threats.