Yerevan, April 22, Noyan Tapan. Armenia's President Serzh Sargsian welcomed on April 17 foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states and organization's Secretary General, Nikolay Bordjuzha, who participated in the meeting of the foreign ministers' Council of CSTO in Yerevan. The President of Armenia expressed confidence that the Yerevan session would contribute to the strengthening of the organization and higher efficiency of cooperation of its member states. According to Mr.Sargsian, recently held numerous events made CSTO's activities more dynamic. Presenting the agenda of the session, CSTO Secretary General N. Bordjuzha mentioned that discussions were held in the atmosphere of mutual understanding and issues mainly related to topical problems of international security, coordination of member-states' foreign policy and basic directions of the Organization's cooperation with international and regional institutions. The package of prepared documents will be presented to the Heads of states for approval at the June summit of the CSTO. As the RA President's press-service told to Noyan Tapan, the ministers of foreign affairs of the CSTO member states highly appreciated Armenia's fruitful work during her presidency in the Organization. The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian noted with satisfaction that works aimed at coordination of foreign policy in the framework of the CSTO have already yielded tangible results.

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