COLLECTIVE SECURITY MEASURES TOPS AGENDA OF CSTO SESSION IN YEREVAN

National Legal Internet Portal
Sept 3 2008
Belarus

A session of the committee of the chiefs of the security councils
of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member states
opened in Yerevan on September 3. The session is attended by State
Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Yury
Zhadobin, BelTA learnt from the Embassy of Belarus to Armenia.

The session is an important preparation stage ahead of the upcoming
session of the Collective Security Council at the level of the
heads of state. The chiefs of the security councils will discuss the
military-political situation in the zone of the CSTO responsibility
and analyse the course of implementation of the resolutions passed at
the Minsk (2006) and Dushanbe (2007) sessions of the CSTO Collective
Security Council. The situation in the Caucasian region in the wake of
Georgia’s aggression against South Ossetia will be on the agenda too.

At a plenary meeting the chiefs of the security councils will discuss
a set of the documents aimed at creating an effective system of
collective response to new challenges and threats.

On September 3 the chiefs of the delegations of the states – CSTO
members will be received by President of the Republic of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan.