CSTO works out measures to help end ethnic clashes in KyrgyzstanJune 17, 2010 - 19:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Collective Security Treaty Organisation has worked out a set of measures to help end the ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan. The CSTO Secretary General, Colonel General Nikolay Bordyuzha, has promised to do everything necessary to stop the violence in Kyrgyzstan as soon as all the measures are approved, RT reported. “The Collective Security Treaty Organisation has at its disposal all the necessary arsenal of measures to act in similar situations – the peacekeeping contingent, the collective forces of rapid deployment in Central Asia. But they should be used after careful consideration. What was worked out is a plan of first-level measures to ease the tension in the country and to stop mass disorder in the south of Kyrgyzstan,” Bordyuzha said. Top stories 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. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |