On February 4, the joint session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of the Ministers of Defense and the Committee of the Secretaries of the National Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member-states took place in Moscow. The Secretary of the National Security Council of Armenia Arthur Baghdasarian, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and Minister of Defense of Armenia participated in the session.

The issues concerning the implementation process of agreements reached during non-official summit in Kazakhstan in December 2008, particularly the creation of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces were discussed at the session chaired by Minister Nalbandian, the Chairman-in-Office of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council.

In the course of the session Foreign Ministers, Ministers of Defense and Secretaries of the National Security Councils of the CSTO member-states also touched upon number of other issues.
On behalf of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of the Secretaries of National Security Councils, Minister Nalbandian presented the results of the session to the journalists.