CSTO  new Secretary General assignment postponed again - this time  until April

ArmInfo. CSTO  new Secretary General assignment postponed until the next session of the  CSTO Board, which will take place in  April next year, the Presidential press office informs. 

 "Due to the absence of Belarusian President at the  CSTO Board  session, the new Secretary General assignment is postponed until the  next session, which will take place in  April next year," the press  office of Armenian president states. 

On December 26 CSTO Board session tool place in St.Petersburg. Issues  on current activities of CSTO were discussed and opinions exchanged  due to key problems of global and regional agenda.  Earlier a  decision was taken to implement a rotation principle in respect to   CSTO Secretary General,based on Russian alphabet. The name of the  Secretary General should be  voiced in Yerevan. But, according to the  statement of Srzh Sargsyan, the President of Armenia, the  issue  has  been excluded from the agenda of October 14 session due to the  absence of  Nursultan Nazarbaev, the President of Kazakhstan. He  stated at that time that Parties will refer to this issue at the St  Petersburg session.