ARTUR BAGHDASARYAN, NIKOLAI BORDYUZHA DISCUSS ARMENIA-CSTO COLLABORATION ISSUES

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2010 17:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA National Security Council Secretary Artur
Baghdasaryan met with CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha .

The meeting centered around Armenia-CSTO collaboration issues, RA
NSC press service reported.

The parties also emphasized the importance of cooperation in
military-technical, IT, and anti-trafficking spheres.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization, formed under the framework
of the Commonwealth of Independent States, serves as a mutual defense
alliance among Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and
Tajikistan. The Collective Security Treaty (CST) was signed on May
15, 1992 for five-year term, with the possibility of prolongation. On
December 2, 2004 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted
the Resolution to grant the observer status to the Collective Security
Treaty Organization in the General Assembly of the United Nations. The
goal of the Collective Security Treaty Organization is to strengthen
peace and international and regional security and stability and to
ensure collective protection of independence, territorial integrity
and sovereignty of Member States, in the attainment of which Member
States shall give priority to political methods.

On February 4, 2009, the CSTO leaders approved formation of Collective
Rapid Reaction Force (RRF).