ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which was also attended by leaders of the CSTO member states: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. First, a meeting of heads of state in a narrow, and then in an expanded format was held, the press service of the government of Armenia reports.
According to the source, the members of the Collective Security Council discussed the problems of international and regional security, the interaction of the CSTO member states in the format of the Organization and in the international arena. Given the fact that in 2018-2019 CSTO chairmanship passes to the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov presented the priorities of his country's presidency.
Following the summit, a number of documents were adopted, including the "Declaration of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization" and the "Statement of the Heads of States Members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on coordinated measures against participants in armed conflicts on the side of international terrorist organizations." The heads of state made decisions aimed at improving the crisis response system operating in the framework of the CSTO, countering illegal migration, developing a coordinated information policy, clarifying the composition of military contingents and collective forces, approving the candidature of the chairman of the Interstate Commission for Military Economic Cooperation. Documents on the legalization of observer and partner status of the CSTO were also adopted, the adoption of which opens up possibilities for approving the Organization's cooperation with third countries at a qualitatively new level. During the meeting, the issue of appointing the CSTO Secretary General was also raised. The parties agreed to continue discussion of this issue at a meeting on December 6 in St. Petersburg. At the same time, work will be carried out on the development of appropriate standards covering the early termination of the powers of the Secretary-General.