NAZARBAYEV OFFERS TO FORM CSTO FAST RESPONSE FORCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.12.2008 17:08 GMT+04:00

The informal summit of CIS leaders in Astana was actually a
multilateral meeting, with a number of sensational news, Central
Asian News reports.

The leaders agreed to form CSTO fast response force. "Existence of CSTO
collective armed forces in August could sober up Georgian politicians,"
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

Besides, leaders of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia
showed interest in introduction of a common currency in the CIS market.