December 22, 2008 - 17:08 AMT
Nazarbayev offers to form CSTO fast response force
The informal summit of CIS leaders in Astana was actually a multilateral meeting, with a number of sensational news, Central Asian News reports.

The leaders agreed to form CSTO fast response force. "Existence of CSTO collective armed forces in August could sober up Georgian politicians," Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

Besides, leaders of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia showed interest in introduction of a common currency in the CIS market.