REGULAR MEETING OF CSTO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN APRIL 16-17
ArmInfo
2009-04-14 12:36:00
ArmInfo. Regular meeting of CSTO Foreign Ministerial Council will be
held in Yerevan on April 16-17.
As official representative of Russia’s Foreign Ministry
A. Nesterenko said, it is scheduled to discuss the information of
CSTO Secretary General about the foreign political cooperation of
CSTO member-states on the topical problems of international security
and the main directions of their interaction with international
regional organizations with focus on improvement of the mechanism of
coordination of the approaches to the global problems. The meeting
agenda includes approval of the Memorandum of Cooperation among
CSTO and UN secretariats for establishment of practical interaction
between the two organizations. It is also scheduled to listen
to the information of the Secretary General about the results of
consideration of the prospects of military cooperation till 2020
and enhancement of the efficiency of multilateral cooperation in
counteraction to the new challenges and threats at the sessions of
the Defense Ministerial Council in November, 2008 and the Committee
of Secretaries of Security Councils in December, 2008. An important
place in the agenda has been given to the issue about the intermediate
results of work on fulfillment of the decision of CSTO CSC February 4,
2009 extra session on creation of CSTO Collective Rapid Deployment
Force (CRDF). Directions of CSTO member-states’ joint activity on
assistance to stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan and
counteraction to the drug-threat, originating from Iran, will be
discussed as well. The participants in the meeting will agree the
time and place of the next FMC meeting.