March 30, 2007 - 17:51 AMT
CSTO PA against installment of U.S. anti-missile radar in Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is against installment of U.S. anti-missile radar in Europe. "This decision contradicts to the security provisions in the European region," Chairman of the Assembly Boris Gryzlov stated to journalists in Saint Petersburg in the result of PA's first plenary session.
"The fact that the issue was included in the agenda of the session confirms that all delegates are concerned over this situation and consider necessary to adopt a corresponding statement," he explained. "We see a certain concern not only among population of those countries but also among people of Europe," Gryzlov stressed.
Boris Gryzlov said the commission of the Parliamentarian Assembly is ordered to examine the issue and prepare a draft statement till the second session of CSTO PA, which will be held October 2007, ITAR-TASS reports.