CSTO meeting in Yerevan to discuss assistance measures for Armenia

YEREVAN, November 18. /ARKA/. One of the issues that the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Collective Security Council will discuss at the November 23 meeting in Yerevan will be improvement of CSTO crisis response system and discussion of joint measures for rendering assistance to Armenia following the invasion of Azerbaijani troops of Armenia’s sovereign territory.

The gathering of the leaders of six former Soviet republics will also discuss urgent problems of international and regional security, according to CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov.

The session will be chaired by Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan are expected to participate in the event.

Taking into account that the Republic of Belarus will take over the rotating presidency in the CSTO in 2022-2023, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will present the country's priorities to be implemented next year.

The CSTO leaders will sign a set of documents relating to CSTO peacekeeping forces joint formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection and medical support of the CSTO. The CSTO leaders will also review the organization’s budget for 2023.

A joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils will be held prior to the meeting of CSTO leaders -0-