Astana to host CSTO informal summit![]() August 12, 2011 - 11:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Astana, Kazakhstan, will host an informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on August 12. Leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan will focus on the situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Middle East as well as the activity of the organization and ways of its improvement. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to brief on his coiuntry’s efforts to settle the conflict in Libya. CSTO is a military political union formed by the CIS states on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty signed in 1992. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |