CSTO-UN COOPERATION IN PEACEKEEPING TO BE DISCUSSED AT MINSK-HOSTED MEETING
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 29, 2011 – 18:29 AMT
The next meeting of the CSTO Ministerial Council will be held
in Minsk on June 1. The meeting will be attended by the foreign
ministers of the states – members of the CSTO and the Secretary
General of the organization. The meting participants will discuss
cooperation with international organizations and foreign associations,
and will coordinate the foreign policy of the CSTO member states in
the international arena. In particular, the ministers will discuss
opportunities for closer cooperation with the UN and OSCE secretariats
in matters of joint counteracting modern threats and challenges.
The agenda will also include other important issues concerning the
future prospects of development of the organization, including the
implementation of the decisions of the last session of the CSTO
Collective Security Council. Specific areas of CSTO-UN cooperation
in the field of peacekeeping will be discussed.
The CSTO countries will specifically step up mediation efforts in
settling various kinds of conflicts, including those in the Middle
East and North Africa.
The agenda also features the setting up of a CSTO peacekeeping force.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization comprises Russia, Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.