PanARMENIAN.Net
CSTO discusses illegal arms traffic problem
22.11.2008 13:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Collective Security Treaty Organization working
group on combating terrorism held Thursday a meeting under presidency
of Artur Baghdassaryan, the secretary of the RA national security
council, to discuss ways to counteract illegal arms traffic.
`According to the data provided by the UN Security Council, the number
of small arms reaches 640 million throughout the globe. At that, 377
million are owned by private persons and 1 million by
non-governmental, rebel or illegal armed units,’ said Toktasyn
Buzubayev, attending CSTO deputy secretary-general.
He also informed that in the framework of Channel operation, 3 697
firearms and 112 872 ammunition articles were confiscated during the
past five years, the CSTO press office reported.