CSTO member states' declaration - Kazakhstan's chairmanship progress

MOSCOW. May 16. KAZINFORM "Russia highly appreciates Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization," Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov told Kazinform correspondent  at the non-formal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.  

"I extended my congratulations to the Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov on the occasion of excellent preparation of the CSTO Jubilee Summit. An adoption of the CSTO member states Declaration crowned the Summit. The Declaration expresses a joint stance of all CSTO member states on various key issues. I think it is a laudable point that we have achieved under Kazakhstan's chairmanship," S. Lavrov said.