CSTO COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN ARMENIA APRIL 16-17

National Legal Internet Portal
April 14 2009
Belarus

MINSK, April 14 (BelTA) – A session of the Foreign Ministers Council
of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will take place
in Yerevan on April 16-17, BelTA learnt from the press service of
the CSTO Secretariat.

The agenda will highlight the issues of the foreign political
cooperation between the CSTO member-states on the important issues
of the international security including the state and prospects of
the Organisation’s activity in the Afghan issues. The session will
also focus on the major areas of cooperation with the international
and regional organisations, the UN and OSCE, in particular.

The foreign ministers will consider the proposals of the Defense
Ministers Council and the CSTO Committee of the Security Council
Secretaries aimed at intensification of the Organisation’s military
component and counteraction to the present-day threats and challenges,
the work on creation of the Collective Rapid-Response Forces (CRRF).

The decision of the CRRF creation was taken by the CSTO heads of
state at the CSTO session on February 4, 2009.

Partaking in the session of the Foreign Ministers Council will be
CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha.