ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL NIKOLAY BORDYUZHA

ARMENPRESS
Jan 13, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
received today Secretary General of Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha.

Presidential press service told Armenpress that currently Armenia
is CSTO chairing country, and the chairman of the CSTO Council Serzh
Sargsyan discussed with Nikolay Bordyuzha issues connected with the
preparation of the regular summit of CSTO, formation of the agenda.

President of Armenia underscored the permanent improvement of the
activity of CSTO and noted that it will give an opportunity to confront
the contemporary challenges more effectively and according to Serzh
Sargsyan, the non-official meeting of the heads of CSTO member states
held December 2008 in Kazakhstan was directed towards it.

Considering the military-political partnership a core direction of
the activity of the CSTO, the leader of the country said that Armenia
will continue its efforts towards coordinating the joint work and
using the partnership potential more effectively.

During the meeting the sides also spoke about the issues the
organization is facing and ways of their solution.