CSTO FM COUNCIL SITTING STARTED IN MOSCOW

The sitting of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) started in Moscow today. FMs of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are taking part in it. According to special representative or the RF MFA Alexander Yakovenko, the participants will focus on further strengthening of allied relations of the Organization member states, promotion of military integration and that in other fields. The detailed analysis of the military and political situation in the CSTO responsibility zone and adjacent regions will be carried out. “Foreground will be given to the recent developments in Afghanistan as well as to further cooperation on struggle against new challenges and threats, specifically terrorist and extremist organizations jeopardizing security of the CSTO member-states”, the diplomat noted adding that issues of interaction with the UN, OSCE, NATO and some other international organizations will be also considered.