President: Armenia to Try to Settle Disputable Issues During its Chairmanship in CSTO
22.08.2008,
18:40
Armenia is going to settle disputable issues in cooperation between the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member-countries while chairing in the organization, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said.
YEREVAN, August 22. /ARKA/. Armenia is going to settle disputable issues in cooperation between the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member-countries while chairing in the organization, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at the meeting of defense ministers of CSTO countries in Yerevan. Armenia is getting prepared for chairmanship of the CSTO seriously, he said.
Armenia attaches importance to implementation of foreign policy coordination mechanisms within the CSTO, including coordination of views between representatives of member-courtiers in international organizations, the UN and OSCE in particular, and provision of mutual support, Sargsyan said as quoted by the presidential press service.
The President pointed to the recent UN “anti-Armenian” resolution, as well as the resolution on Abkhazia as a serious failure of coordination mechanism. Failure to ensure efficient implementation of CSTO documents is another problem, the President said.
Sargsyan stressed the importance of consistent observance of the existing agreements within the organization. In particular, the protocol on formation of forces and means of CSTO-member countries collective security system (Yerevan, 2001) is not being implemented. The protocol provides for establishing a collective security system of anticraft defense military systems in Caucasus, electronic countermeasures, reconnaissance, communication and other fields through bilateral agreements.
The Agreement on mutual training of the military for CSTO-member countries in military educational institutions as per uniform curricula is also "dying on the vine", the President said.
At the sitting of the CSTO Defense Ministers Council, Defense Minister of Kyrgyzstan transferred the Council chair powers to the Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan. –0--
Armenia attaches importance to implementation of foreign policy coordination mechanisms within the CSTO, including coordination of views between representatives of member-courtiers in international organizations, the UN and OSCE in particular, and provision of mutual support, Sargsyan said as quoted by the presidential press service.
The President pointed to the recent UN “anti-Armenian” resolution, as well as the resolution on Abkhazia as a serious failure of coordination mechanism. Failure to ensure efficient implementation of CSTO documents is another problem, the President said.
Sargsyan stressed the importance of consistent observance of the existing agreements within the organization. In particular, the protocol on formation of forces and means of CSTO-member countries collective security system (Yerevan, 2001) is not being implemented. The protocol provides for establishing a collective security system of anticraft defense military systems in Caucasus, electronic countermeasures, reconnaissance, communication and other fields through bilateral agreements.
The Agreement on mutual training of the military for CSTO-member countries in military educational institutions as per uniform curricula is also "dying on the vine", the President said.
At the sitting of the CSTO Defense Ministers Council, Defense Minister of Kyrgyzstan transferred the Council chair powers to the Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan. –0--
