CSTO member states committed to help a partner subjected to aggressionApril 25, 2008 - 19:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The regulations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization read that the CSTO member states are committed to lend a hand to their partner subjected to aggression, CSTO Assistant Secretary General told a news conference in Yerevan. Valery Semerikov reminded that in October 2007, the CSTO heads of state signed a protocol on military and technical mutual assistance. "If necessary, we will act accordingly," he said. The CSTO brings together Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Uzbekistan, which quitted GUAM two years ago, filed in application for joining the CSTO again. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |