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ARMENIA TO INCREASE CSTO ROLE AS KEY ELEMENT OF ITS SECURITY
ITAR-TASS
March 12, 2012 Monday 09:45 PM GMT+4
Russia
Armenia plans to increase the role of the Collective Security Treaty
Organisation (CSTO) as a key element of its national defence, Security
Council Secretary Artur Bagdasaryan said.
"We plan to increase the role of the CSTO as one of the key elements
of Armenia's security. The CSTO is evolving, and Armenia, as one of
the most active members of the organisation, is actively involved in
this process," he said at a meeting of the officials from Armenian
interested ministries and agencies and the CSTO Secretariat on Monday,
March 12, which focused on draft new documents of this organisation.
According to Bagdasaryan, "a new strategy and a new CSTO planning
concept are being drafted, which makes it possible to increase the
role, weight and importance of this international organisation for
ensuring the security of its member states."
These documents will be submitted to the organisation's Collective
Security Council shortly.
Armenia will host a large-scale CSTO rapid reaction force exercise this
year to show the capability of the Armed Forces, secret services,
emergencies ministries, and police, and the high level of their
interoperability among the 7 CSTO member states," Bagdasaryan said.
According to Collective Security Treaty Organisation Secretary-General
Nikolai Bordyuzha, the "security of the CSTO member states, including
Armenia's, is several times higher than a couple of years ago".
"A new CSTO strategy reflecting the current geopolitical situation is
very important and will provide the basis for our further activities,"
he said.
Armenia is the first country to discuss a new strategy and a new
planning concept of the organisation. These documents will also
be considered by the CSTO Committee of National Security Council
Secretaries, Council of Defence Ministers and Council of Foreign
Ministers, and then submitted to the Collective Security Council.
The CSTO is a military-political alliance of seven countries: Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
It was created on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty of the
May 15, 1992, which was turned into an international organisation on
May 14, 2002. The CSTO received the status of observer at the U.N.
General Assembly on December 2, 2004.
The purpose of the CSTO is to guarantee the national security of each
of its members and to ensure their territorial integrity. In case
of a menace, looming over any member-country, all the other CSTO
participants will be duty-bound to give it all the necessary aid,
including military assistance.
ITAR-TASS
March 12, 2012 Monday 09:45 PM GMT+4
Russia
Armenia plans to increase the role of the Collective Security Treaty
Organisation (CSTO) as a key element of its national defence, Security
Council Secretary Artur Bagdasaryan said.
"We plan to increase the role of the CSTO as one of the key elements
of Armenia's security. The CSTO is evolving, and Armenia, as one of
the most active members of the organisation, is actively involved in
this process," he said at a meeting of the officials from Armenian
interested ministries and agencies and the CSTO Secretariat on Monday,
March 12, which focused on draft new documents of this organisation.
According to Bagdasaryan, "a new strategy and a new CSTO planning
concept are being drafted, which makes it possible to increase the
role, weight and importance of this international organisation for
ensuring the security of its member states."
These documents will be submitted to the organisation's Collective
Security Council shortly.
Armenia will host a large-scale CSTO rapid reaction force exercise this
year to show the capability of the Armed Forces, secret services,
emergencies ministries, and police, and the high level of their
interoperability among the 7 CSTO member states," Bagdasaryan said.
According to Collective Security Treaty Organisation Secretary-General
Nikolai Bordyuzha, the "security of the CSTO member states, including
Armenia's, is several times higher than a couple of years ago".
"A new CSTO strategy reflecting the current geopolitical situation is
very important and will provide the basis for our further activities,"
he said.
Armenia is the first country to discuss a new strategy and a new
planning concept of the organisation. These documents will also
be considered by the CSTO Committee of National Security Council
Secretaries, Council of Defence Ministers and Council of Foreign
Ministers, and then submitted to the Collective Security Council.
The CSTO is a military-political alliance of seven countries: Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
It was created on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty of the
May 15, 1992, which was turned into an international organisation on
May 14, 2002. The CSTO received the status of observer at the U.N.
General Assembly on December 2, 2004.
The purpose of the CSTO is to guarantee the national security of each
of its members and to ensure their territorial integrity. In case
of a menace, looming over any member-country, all the other CSTO
participants will be duty-bound to give it all the necessary aid,
including military assistance.