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Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian participates in the
session of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers

On June 14, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian who has been
in Moscow on a working visit attended the session of the Council of
Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. In
the course of session issues concerning different areas of the
organization’s activity, a number of decisions were made on the steps
to be taken towards the further strengthening and improvement of the
organization.

During the session Armenian Foreign Minister delivered a report
summarizing the activities undertaken during the Armenian chairmanship
in the CSTO towards the coordination member states foreign
policy. Edward Nalbandian touched upon the work done since September
2008 – the meetings of the CSTO Foreign Ministers held in New-York and
Helsinki by the initiative of Armenia, the consultations of
Ambassadors of the CSTO member states in the third countries, as well
as events aimed at the coordination.

Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states highly appreciated the
results achieved during the Armenian chairmanship and emphasized the
efficiency of the implementation of mechanisms in the area of foreign
policy coordination.

Ministers discussed the package of the documents to be presented at
the session of the Collective Security Council, including the
documents on the process of implementation of the Collective Security
Council’s decision on "CSTO Rapid Deployment Forces".

During the session of Ministerial Council they discussed issues
concerning the expansion of cooperation between the CSTO and
international organizations.

The session of Council of Foreign Ministers was followed by the joint
session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers of
the CSTO member states. At the session they discussed and approved
several documents which will be presented at the session of the
Collective Security Council.

Afterwards the session of Foreign Ministers Council was continued in
enlarged format.

On the same day Edward Nalbandian participated in the session of the
Collective Security Council, within the delegation headed by the
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.