CHAIRMANSHIP OF CSTO FOREIGN MINISTERS COUNCIL PASSES TO ARMENIA

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The chairmanship of the Council of
Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
has passed to Armenia.

Issues related to the process of implementing the decisions taken by
the CSTO Collective Security Council in Dushanbe in 2007, as well as to
the coordination of the foreign policies of the CSTO member states were
on the agenda of the regular sitting of the Council of Foreign
Ministers of the CSTO held in Moscow.

The sitting was conducted by the Armenian foreign minister Edward
Nalbandian. Its participants discussed a number of draft international
documents on creation of efficient mechanisms for the joint overcoming
of new challenges facing the CSTO member states. In particular, the
draft international documents on the fight against international
terrorism and drug trafficking and on cooperation in the training of
rescue and law enforcement services and in other spheres were discussed.

The Council of Foreign Ministers issued a statement, in which it
supports Russia’s role in promotion of peace and cooperation in
Caucasus.