Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
November 19, 2004, Friday
THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY HELD A MEETING IN MOSCOW
The foreign ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia and Tajikistan discussed topical problems of international and
regional security, and the performance of the organization in the
main sectors of its activities. They considered the
military-political situation in the responsibility zone of the
Organization of the collective security treaty, the situation in the
central-Asian region, nonproliferation of mass destruction weapons
and the post-conflict situation in Afghanistan. In this regard the
ministers focused on improving legal mechanisms of the Collective
rapid deployment force, the joint staff of the organization of the
collective security treaty and training of servicemen.
He statement passed by the foreign ministers reflects the intention
of member nations of the organization of the collective security
treaty to take additional measures against terrorism, drug
trafficking, proliferation of mass destruction weapons and more.
According to the document, members of the organization consider US
President George W. Bush’s initiative on nonproliferation of mass
destruction weapons as an important element of the world’s security.
Two meetings of executive bodies of the organization of the
collective security treaty will be held in November. The Council of
the defense ministers will hold a meeting in Moscow on November 25.
The committee of secretaries of the security services will hold a
meeting in Yerevan on November 30.
Source: Krasnaya Zvezda, November 17, 2004, p. 3
Translated by Alexander Dubovoi