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CSTO IS CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION IN REGULATION OF SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN
ARMENPRESS
9 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Collective Security Treaty Organization
is considering the possibility of participation in activities of
collective peacemaking powers after the coalitional forces leave
Afghanistan in 2014. Deputy Secretary General of CSTO Valeriy Semerikov
told this "Armenpress" in October 9.
During the press conference in Almaty Semerikov answered questions
of reporters and said the following: "CSTO Security Counsel is to
decide this question, furthermore, I would even say that this decision
depends upon the future situation in Afghanistan." According to him
presently this is one of the cases the organization is giving a very
serious thought to.
Semerikov mentioned, that CSTO has already organized a special group
for the case of Afghanistan, where higher figures of member states
of the organization are involved.
CSTO member states are Armenia, Belorussia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan. Uzbekistan stopped its membership in CSTO in
June 2012.
ARMENPRESS
9 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Collective Security Treaty Organization
is considering the possibility of participation in activities of
collective peacemaking powers after the coalitional forces leave
Afghanistan in 2014. Deputy Secretary General of CSTO Valeriy Semerikov
told this "Armenpress" in October 9.
During the press conference in Almaty Semerikov answered questions
of reporters and said the following: "CSTO Security Counsel is to
decide this question, furthermore, I would even say that this decision
depends upon the future situation in Afghanistan." According to him
presently this is one of the cases the organization is giving a very
serious thought to.
Semerikov mentioned, that CSTO has already organized a special group
for the case of Afghanistan, where higher figures of member states
of the organization are involved.
CSTO member states are Armenia, Belorussia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan. Uzbekistan stopped its membership in CSTO in
June 2012.