CSTO FOREIGN MINISTERS’ SITTING HELD IN ARMENIA

armradio.am
17.04.2009 11:42

The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) convened a sitting in Yerevan presided over by
Edward Nalbandian, the Foreign Minister of Armenia.

The agenda included urgent issues of international security, the
coordination of foreign policy of the member stets, as well as the
questions related to the main directions of CSTO’s cooperation with
international and regional organizations.

The Ministers discussed and approved the draft Memorandum of
Cooperation between the Secretariats of the CSTO and the UN.

I his speech the Armenian Foreign Minister emphasized the importance
of cooperation between CSTO member states.

The participants of the sitting held productive discussions
on multifaceted cooperation in different fields of BSEC
activity. Reference was made to the process of creation of collective
rapid-reaction forces.

The sitting was followed by the joint press conference of the Armenian
Foreign Minister, Edward Nalbandian, and the Secretary General of
the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Nikolay Bordyuzha.