ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO HEAD FOR MOSCOW ON SEPT 5 TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMIT OF HEADS OF CSTO-MEMBER STATES
ARKA
Sep 4, 2008
YEREVAN, September 4. /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is to
head for Moscow on September 5 to participate in the summit of heads
of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states. There,
Armenia is to take over the chairmanship of the organization.
Armenian delegation to participate in the summit consists of the
country’s National Security Council Secretary Artur Baghdasaryan,
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan,
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan and other officials.
At the summit, the heads of CSTO-member states are to exchange views
on further developments of the geopolitical situation and means to
neutralize existing threats to collective security.
Among the issues to be discussed during the summit are priorities in
CSTO activities. A number of documents expanding the legal framework of
political and military cooperation between the countries are expected
to be signed at the summit.
The CSTO was founded by former Soviet republics based on Collective
Security Treaty signed on May 15 1992. The Treaty is automatically
extended every sixth year. The CSTO members are Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.