Friday, December 21 2018 16:15

ArmInfo. President of  Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a working meeting with State  Secretary of the Security Council Stanislav Zas today, BelTA reports.

Stanislav Zas informed about his meetings with heads of state   members of the CSTO, who were to agree on his candidacy for the post  of the Secretary General of the organization This form of appointment  was proposed by Alexander Lukashenko at the November meeting of the  presidents in St. Petersburg. The State Secretary of the Security  Council of Belarus has already visited Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,  Tajikistan and Russia. The heads of these states approved the  Belarusian candidature.

Alexander Lukashenko also officially supported the appointment of  Stanislav Zas, having signed the corresponding draft decision of the  CSTO Collective Security Council. "I said earlier that there was more  than one candidate from Belarus. But I stopped at Zas's proposal to  show, if I may say so, an example, that it's time for us in this  organization to move on from some formal appointment of former,  retired generals (I don't want to say anything bad about them) to the  current young and promising generals, in order to attach importance  to this organization, especially since we appointed retired generals  who had long since moved away from military service, from politics,  but still it's a military-political ", - the head of state explained  his own decision.

Lukashenko expressed the hope that other CSTO members will adhere to  such practices in the future when appointing their representatives to  the post of secretary general. "And, of course, this meets our  criteria for the preparation and appointment of personnel:  professionalism and love for the work in which you will be engaged,"  Alexander Lukashenko added.

The head of state discussed with the State Secretary of the Security  Council questions of the functioning of the CSTO and the problems of  regional security. "Some targets and tasks were expressed. This is  including more practical implementation of the issues facing this  organization. In recent years, much has been done in terms of  creating a regulatory framework, this is very important. But time  requires specific practical steps to strengthen our common security,  "- told about the details of the meeting with President Stanislav  Zas.  In addition, Alexander Lukashenko drew attention to the  implementation of the agreements reached in November at the  organization's summit in Astana. In particular, the parties then  approved the provisions on the legal registration of the status of an  observer and partner of the CSTO - at one time this issue was raised  by Belarus. "We need to build a neighborhood belt in the  organization. This is also one of the upcoming tasks for today," the  Security Council Secretary of State added. It was also about  strengthening common borders in the CSTO, primarily in Central Asia.  A number of other activities were also discussed.