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    Press and Information Department
    of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    of the Republic of Armenia
    Tel. + 37410 544041. ext. 202
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    Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian participates in the
    session of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers


    On June 14, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian who has been
    in Moscow on a working visit attended the session of the Council of
    Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. In
    the course of session issues concerning different areas of the
    organization's activity, a number of decisions were made on the steps
    to be taken towards the further strengthening and improvement of the
    organization.

    During the session Armenian Foreign Minister delivered a report
    summarizing the activities undertaken during the Armenian chairmanship
    in the CSTO towards the coordination member states foreign
    policy. Edward Nalbandian touched upon the work done since September
    2008 - the meetings of the CSTO Foreign Ministers held in New-York and
    Helsinki by the initiative of Armenia, the consultations of
    Ambassadors of the CSTO member states in the third countries, as well
    as events aimed at the coordination.

    Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states highly appreciated the
    results achieved during the Armenian chairmanship and emphasized the
    efficiency of the implementation of mechanisms in the area of foreign
    policy coordination.

    Ministers discussed the package of the documents to be presented at
    the session of the Collective Security Council, including the
    documents on the process of implementation of the Collective Security
    Council's decision on "CSTO Rapid Deployment Forces".

    During the session of Ministerial Council they discussed issues
    concerning the expansion of cooperation between the CSTO and
    international organizations.

    The session of Council of Foreign Ministers was followed by the joint
    session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers of
    the CSTO member states. At the session they discussed and approved
    several documents which will be presented at the session of the
    Collective Security Council.

    Afterwards the session of Foreign Ministers Council was continued in
    enlarged format.

    On the same day Edward Nalbandian participated in the session of the
    Collective Security Council, within the delegation headed by the
    President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.
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