ArmInfo.Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan took part in the traditional working meeting of the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly chaired by Kazakhstan on September 26 in New York .
As the press service of MFA informed the sides exchanged views on the priority issues on the agenda of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, including the main areas of cooperation between the CSTO and the UN, the fight against terrorism and ensuring regional security. Also, the preparations for the forthcoming session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Astana were discussed in November this year.
Mnatsakanyan stressed in his speech the importance of this traditional format of the meeting at the ministerial level, as an effective platform for coordinating foreign policy. At the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the process of the replacement of the CSTO Secretary General.
The foreign ministers of the CSTO member states adopted joint statements: "On the situation in Afghanistan, the strengthening of the positions of ISIS in the northern provinces of the country and the growth of the drug threat from the territory of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan"; "On efforts to the stabilization of the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, "and" Enhancing the cooperation of the CSTO with regional organizations and structures. "