The meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will consider global and regional challenges, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha said after a meeting with Kazakhstan’s foreign minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov.

Press service of Kazakhstan’s embassy in Armenia quoted Bordyuzha as saying: “We discussed the agenda of the meeting of Council of CSTO Foreign Ministers, readiness of documents, and some problems to be proposed for ministerial discussion.”

“You know, the Council will first of all consider the global and regional challenges faced by CSTO member-states, as well as measures of foreign political impact to reduce threats for our states,” Secretary General stated.

According to Bordyuzha, the ministerial meeting will discuss problems of Afghanistan, processes in northern Africa, as well as some issues emerging in CSTO states, in particular, EU sanctions against Belarus and hot spots in the Caucasus.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is taking part in the meeting of CSTO Foreign Ministers Council underway in Astana.