Yerevan, April 22, Noyan Tapan: Foreign ministers of the member states of the Council of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) met in Yerevan on April 16 to take part in the session held under the chairmanship of Armenia's Minister of Foreign Affaires Edward Nalbandian. Topical problems of international security, coordination of foreign policy in member-states, as well as, main directions of CSTO cooperation with international and regional organizations were discussed at the session. Ministers discussed and approved the text of draft Memorandum on cooperation between the Secretaries of the CSTO and the UN. The participants of the session had a fruitful discussion related to comprehensive and many-fold partnership in different spheres of the CSTO activities, touched upon the process of creation of the CSTO's Rapid Reaction Forces. During the meeting, issues related to making more efforts by member-states to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan were also discussed. After the session, a joint press conference of Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and the CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha took place.

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