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COUNCIL OF CSTO FOREIGN MINISTERS MET IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
April 22, 2009
Yerevan
Foreign ministers of the member states of the Council of Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) met in Yerevan on April 16 to
take part in the session held under the chairmanship of Armenia's
Minister of Foreign Affaires Edward Nalbandian. Topical problems
of international security, coordination of foreign policy in
member-states, as well as, main directions of CSTO cooperation
with international and regional organizations were discussed at the
session. Ministers discussed and approved the text of draft Memorandum
on cooperation between the Secretaries of the CSTO and the UN. The
participants of the session had a fruitful discussion related to
comprehensive and many-fold partnership in different spheres of the
CSTO activities, touched upon the process of creation of the CSTO's
Rapid Reaction Forces. During the meeting, issues related to making
more efforts by member-states to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan
were also discussed. After the session, a joint press conference of
Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and the CSTO Secretary
General Nikolai Bordyuzha took place.
Noyan Tapan
April 22, 2009
Yerevan
Foreign ministers of the member states of the Council of Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) met in Yerevan on April 16 to
take part in the session held under the chairmanship of Armenia's
Minister of Foreign Affaires Edward Nalbandian. Topical problems
of international security, coordination of foreign policy in
member-states, as well as, main directions of CSTO cooperation
with international and regional organizations were discussed at the
session. Ministers discussed and approved the text of draft Memorandum
on cooperation between the Secretaries of the CSTO and the UN. The
participants of the session had a fruitful discussion related to
comprehensive and many-fold partnership in different spheres of the
CSTO activities, touched upon the process of creation of the CSTO's
Rapid Reaction Forces. During the meeting, issues related to making
more efforts by member-states to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan
were also discussed. After the session, a joint press conference of
Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and the CSTO Secretary
General Nikolai Bordyuzha took place.