December 8, 2008 - 15:39 AMT
CSTO leaders to gather in Astana
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev invited heads of CSTO member states to Astana to discuss further activities of the organization, CSTO Deputy Secretary-General Toksatyn Buzubayev told a news conference today.

"CSTO Secretaries of Security Councils will meet in Yerevan on December 9 and 10 to consider efforts to combat terrorism, extremism, illegal migration and consequences of emergency situations," he said.

Currently, Armenia holds the rotating presidency in the Collective Security Treaty Organization which also includes Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.