CSTO military component to be discussed at Moscow summit

MOSCOW. December 11. KAZINFORM The CSTO heads of state will gather for a meeting of the Collective Security Council (CSC) in Moscow on 19 December to decide on the development of the organization's military component, the emergency collective response system and Uzbekistan's participation in the organization, BelTA learnt from CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov.
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CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha is expected to attend the meeting to update its participants on the status of the organization and the documents proposed for signing.

The CSC meeting will be held in three stages: in a restricted attendance format, then with the participation of CSTO Defense Ministers and as a plenary session, BelTA reports.

"The participants of the meeting will discuss the international situation and measures to improve the collective security system, development of the CSTO military component through 2020, the main areas of developing the emergency collective response system, predictions on the situation in Afghanistan up to 2015, as well as to consider Uzbekistan's request to suspend its participation in the CSTO. The CSTO Secretariat received the relevant note from Uzbekistan in June. The CSTO Secretary General will report on the progress made in the implementation of the decisions taken up at the CSC meeting in December 2011 and implementation of the CSTO priority areas under Kazakhstan's chairmanship in 2012," Vladimir Zainetdinov said.

Kyrgyzstan that is to preside at the organization next year will announce the CSTO priority areas for 2013. President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev is expected to speak on the issue at the plenary session.

The agenda of the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting includes nearly 20 issues.

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