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    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
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