Stanislav Zas: I am ready at any convenient time for the PM of  Armenia to go there and discuss the issues or problems that they see  in the activities of the organization

ArmInfo. "I am ready at any convenient time for the Prime Minister of Armenia to come there and meet with him, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of  Defense, to discuss those issues or problems that they see in the  organization's activities, and continue to work, including on these  problems. State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus  Stanislav Zas stated this after a meeting with President Alexander  Lukashenko, answering the question whether a meeting with the  leadership of Armenia is planned, BelTA informs.

He noted that he hopes that he will be appointed to the post of CSTO  Secretary General by consensus.  According to him, the CSTO charter  provides for a procedure for making decisions in a limited format,  when not every country agrees with this or that issue. But I hope  that, nevertheless, consensus will be reached and the questions that  now stand will be removed. This option will be the best and useful  for business. We need to overcome these disagreements and continue to  launch normal work", said Stanislav Zas.

The presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Russia have  already agreed upon the Belarusian candidature for the post of the  CSTO Secretary General. Stanislav Zas visited all of these countries  and met with each of the heads of state.

"The meetings were positive in terms of tone and character, effective  and useful to me personally. It is advisable to introduce such a  scheme into practice when a person applying for the post of general  secretary of the military-political bloc meets with all heads of  state, "the state secretary said. Stanislav Zas said that during  conversations with the leaders of the CSTO countries he heard how  they assess the situation in the region and the activities of the  organization itself, and what issues they expect to solve in the near  future.  "Not all formalities are completed. I think that during the  remaining days or in the first days of next year all the legal  formalities will be observed and work will begin in the new position,  "Stanislav Zas added.

A spokesman for Armenia's Acting Prime Minister Arman Eghoyan did not  want to comment on the draft decision of the President of Belarus,  Alexander Lukashenko, on appointing Zas to the post of CSTO Secretary  General. "One and the same question cannot be commented on every  time, we have already addressed this topic," said Eghoyan.  To  recall, earlier Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the  issue of the CSTO Secretary General was not resolved, because there  was no meeting of the organization.