Nazarbayev satisfied with results of session of CSTO Collective Security Council
08:21, 5 February 2009
ASTANA. February 5. KAZINFORM Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev attended a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Moscow; Kazinform refers to the President?s press service.
According to the agreements reached at the informal summit in Borovoye on December 19-21, 2008, the presidents decided to establish CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force.
A joint potential for repulse the act of aggression, conduct of counterterrorism operations, special events on struggle against transnational crime, drug and weapon trafficking and etc. is created.
Decisions on prolongation of power of the current CSTO Secretary General, the Organization?s budget for 2009 and holding of a next session of the Council in Moscow in June, 2009 were made.
Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed satisfaction with the summit?s results, noting that the decision will raise effectiveness of the collective security system.