On April 16, the session of the Council of the CSTO Foreign Ministers was held in Yerevan under the Chairmanship of Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian.

The agenda of the meeting included actual problems of international security, issues concerning coordination of foreign policy of member-states of the organization, as well as main directions of CSTO cooperation with international and regional organizations.

Ministers discussed and approved the text of draft Memorandum on cooperation between the Secretaries of the CSTO and the UN.
In his remarks, Armenian Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of more effective use of cooperation potential between the CSTO member-states.

The participants of the session had an efficient discussion on comprehensive partnership in different areas of the CSTO activity, touched upon the process of creation of the CSTO’s Rapid Reaction Forces.

In the course of the meeting, the issues on efforts aimed at the stabilization of situation in Afghanistan by the CSTO member-states were also discussed.

After the session, joint press conference of Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and the CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha took place.

To listen to the entire press conference in Armenian, click here.