AGREEMENT ON CSTO RRF TO BE SUBMITTED TO RA NA FOR RATIFICATION IN FEBRUARY

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.01.2010 17:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Agreement on CSTO Rapid Reaction Force will be
submitted to the RA National Assembly for ratification in February,
chairman of the parliamentary committee on defense, national security
and internal affairs Hrayr Karapetyan said.

"Armenia is a an active member of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization," he said. As to relations with NATO, Mr. Karapetyan
said they are successfully developing.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is a security
grouping comprising the former Soviet republics of Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The
rapid-reaction force agreement was signed by the leaders of all CSTO
member states in the Kremlin on February 4, 2009.