CSTO TO COOPERATE WITH NATO

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov stated September 14 that according to an arrangement first contacts between the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, and the NATO will take place. In the course of an unofficial meeting in Berlin the Russian MOD head had with his counterparts representing NATO member states S. Ivanov noted that before the end of the year a meeting of CSTO top officials with their NATO colleagues will be held in Brussels. "Someone might dislike the CSTO or an individual member state of the Treaty, however any action against drug trafficking from Afghanistan is impossible without CSTO member states," S. Ivanov stated, adding that Russia has presented a number of proposals, including closer cooperation between the NATO and CSTO member states, reported Interfax.