JOINT STATEMENT BY CSTO COUNTRIES TO BE PRESENTED AT OSCE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVE ON DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY

ArmInfo
2009-11-25 15:26:00

ArmInfo. A joint statement by CSTO countries will be prepared to the
17th OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in support of Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev’s initiatives on development of the European Security
Treaty. The meeting will be held on December 1-2 in Athens, official
representative of Russia’s Foreign Ministry Andrey Nesterenko said
at November 24 briefing.

As the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official site reports, Nesterenko
said that OSCE may be a ground for elaboration of joint approaches to
the issues of crisis regulation. "For these purposes Russia offered
to agree the common principles of conflict prevention and settlement
at the Foreign Ministerial Council in Athens. Their adoption would
allow to avoid recurrence of the situations similar to the Georgian
aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008", A. Nesterenko said.

Moreover, he said that Russia, in co-authorship with the USA advanced
a draft solution of FMC in Athens about OSCE role in fight against
trans-border threats of security and stability.

According to Nesterenko, Russia, in co-authorship with Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan advanced a draft
solution, by FMC in Athens, on freedom of movement aimed at
facilitation of visa regimes in OSCE space.