TOKTASIN BUZUBAYEV: ILLEGAL MIGRATION NOT A THREAT TO ARMENIA’S SECURITY
Gita Elibekyan

"Radiolur"
08.12.2008 16:47

The main topics on the agenda of the meeting of the Security Council
Secretaries of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) will include fighting terrorism and drugs
trafficking.

CSTO Deputy Secretary General Toktasin Buzubayev told a press
conference today that Armenia’s indices of drugs trafficking are
not bad. If 12 kg of drugs was found last year, this year the figure
reduced to 1 kg.

As for illegal migration, according to Buzubayev, this year 2
000 people were deported from his country – Kazakhstan, and 1 600
from Armenia. One can say that illegal migration does not threaten
Armenia’s security.

Speaking about Armenia’s cooperation with NATO, Toktasin Buzubayev
said that although the issue is not on the agenda of the Armenian
authorities, the organization sees no problem here. "Like any other
CSTO member state, Armenia can work in any international or regional
program. The most important is that the commitments the member states
assumed when joining the organization are not violated."

Toktasin Buzubayev said that following the sitting of the National
Security Council Secretaries the Heads of CSTO member states will
meet in Astana. The President of Kazakhstan, Nursulltan Nazarbayev,
has already come forth with a correspo nding suggestion.