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CSTO VOWS TO STRENGTHEN MILITARY CAPABILITIES
EurasiaNet.org
Aug 28 2012
August 28, 2012 - 11:23am, by Joshua Kucera
The Collective Security Treaty Organization has vowed to "seriously
strengthen" its military capacity, the group's general secretary said
Tuesday, after a Moscow meeting of chiefs of general staffs of CSTO
member militaries. According to a report in RIA Novosti, CSTO General
Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha:
noted that in December of this year a meeting of the Collective
Security Council will be held. "The main agenda item which will be
proposed in December is first of all to consider military questions.
This will be a discussion of the development of the military component
of the CSTO," the secretary said.
"And today's discussion led to many decisions, which will likewise
be presented to the presidents for approval. I think, if today's
decisions are approved, this organization will take a very big step
forward with respect to the strengthening of the force component of
this international structure," Bordyuzha said.
The general secretary did not specify precisely what decisions
were made.
The CSTO is led by Russia and also includes Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan -- though no longer Uzbekistan.
The military chiefs of Russia and Kazakhstan spoke approvingly of the
unspecified decisions made at this meeting, but it looks like we'll
have to wait until December to find out what they amount to. Until
then, the CSTO is scheduled to carry out military exercises in Armenia
in September, and in Kazakhstan in October.
EurasiaNet.org
Aug 28 2012
August 28, 2012 - 11:23am, by Joshua Kucera
The Collective Security Treaty Organization has vowed to "seriously
strengthen" its military capacity, the group's general secretary said
Tuesday, after a Moscow meeting of chiefs of general staffs of CSTO
member militaries. According to a report in RIA Novosti, CSTO General
Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha:
noted that in December of this year a meeting of the Collective
Security Council will be held. "The main agenda item which will be
proposed in December is first of all to consider military questions.
This will be a discussion of the development of the military component
of the CSTO," the secretary said.
"And today's discussion led to many decisions, which will likewise
be presented to the presidents for approval. I think, if today's
decisions are approved, this organization will take a very big step
forward with respect to the strengthening of the force component of
this international structure," Bordyuzha said.
The general secretary did not specify precisely what decisions
were made.
The CSTO is led by Russia and also includes Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan -- though no longer Uzbekistan.
The military chiefs of Russia and Kazakhstan spoke approvingly of the
unspecified decisions made at this meeting, but it looks like we'll
have to wait until December to find out what they amount to. Until
then, the CSTO is scheduled to carry out military exercises in Armenia
in September, and in Kazakhstan in October.