CSTO member states intend to coordinate their activity in UN

August 3, 2010 - 15:52 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - On August 2, the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) held consultations under chairmanship of CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha to reconcile their stances on the agenda of the upcoming 65th session of the UN General Assembly.

The consultations brought together authorized representatives of the CSTO member states, heads of relevant departments of foreign ministries, representatives of the CSTO member states’ embassies and employees of the CSTO Secretariat.

Participants of the consultations discussed common priorities during the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly, based on recent decisions of the SCTO and UN documents. Besides, reforms in the UN, including Security Council, aspects of cooperation between the CSTO and UN, situation in Afghanistan, human rights and possibilities of mutual support of the CSTO member states during the elections to working bodies of the UN were in the focus of the meeting.

The parties attached importance to steps taken for boosting cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and UN.

Besides, they emphasized the importance of continuous coordination of actions of the CSTO member states within the UN and OSCE. The parties agreed to continue holding similar events, the press service of CSTO office in Yerevan reported.