CIS SECURITY BODY CHIEF SAYS NATO FAILING TO COOPERATE
Interfax-AVN military news agency website, Moscow
4 May 06
Minsk, 4 May: The secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization [CSTO], Nikolay Bordyuzha, says that cooperation between
NATO and the CSTO is failing to take shape as the alliance does not
realize its full importance.
"That is their problem. They fail to understand the situation on a
global scale regarding security and the modern-day threats that hang
over mankind. If anyone says they do not see the point of cooperation,
there must be political reasons at play," Bordyuzha told Interfax in
Minsk on Thursday [4 May] before the start of the first Belarusian
information forum, "Media against the challenges and threats of the
21st century".
In his view, "it is only joint efforts that can solve problems to do
with terrorism and extremism and the illegal drugs trade".
Bordyuzha said: "We are willing to cooperate with any organization
that stands up for security."
The CSTO comprises Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan.
Interfax-AVN military news agency website, Moscow
4 May 06
Minsk, 4 May: The secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization [CSTO], Nikolay Bordyuzha, says that cooperation between
NATO and the CSTO is failing to take shape as the alliance does not
realize its full importance.
"That is their problem. They fail to understand the situation on a
global scale regarding security and the modern-day threats that hang
over mankind. If anyone says they do not see the point of cooperation,
there must be political reasons at play," Bordyuzha told Interfax in
Minsk on Thursday [4 May] before the start of the first Belarusian
information forum, "Media against the challenges and threats of the
21st century".
In his view, "it is only joint efforts that can solve problems to do
with terrorism and extremism and the illegal drugs trade".
Bordyuzha said: "We are willing to cooperate with any organization
that stands up for security."
The CSTO comprises Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan.