CSTO summit in Kazakhstan to assess area situation

Nikolai Bordiuzha informed about results of the visits to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia and informed the Belarusian head of state about the situation in the CSTO area and existing concerns.

Apart from that, the CSTO Secretary General informed the Belarusian head of state about results of the CSTO operation over the last few months. He stressed the importance of pursuing the priorities that Belarus, the CSTO presiding country, had put forward. In particular, the priorities are peacemaking efforts, the institution of partnership, programs for arming the collective rapid response forces and some other areas. Nikolai Bordiuzha revealed what results of the organization had achieved implementing these proposals of Belarus. He also said he hoped that the content part of the CSTO efforts would be adopted during their implementation. In his words, the President of Belarus assigned several tasks they would work on in the near future; Kazinform cites BelTA.