Minsk to host CSTO Ministerial Council meeting 31 May

19:28, 27 May 2011

MINSK. May 27. KAZINFORM The next meeting of the CSTO Ministerial Council will be held in Minsk on 31 May, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Savinykh told media.

According to BelTA, the meeting will be attended by the foreign ministers of the states - members of the CSTO and the Secretary General of the organization.

The meting participants will discuss cooperation with international organizations and foreign associations, and will coordinate the foreign policy of the CSTO member states in the international arena. In particular, the ministers will discuss opportunities for closer cooperation with the UN and OSCE secretariats in matters of joint counteracting modern threats and challenges.

The agenda will also include other important issues concerning the future prospects of development of the organization, including the implementation of the decisions of the last session of the CSTO Collective Security Council.

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