MOSCOW, 20 September (BelTA) – A mission of the Collective Security Treaty Organization led by CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas has arrived in Armenia for the sake of studying the situation, including at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The mission will also work out proposals on additional joint measures, BelTA has learned.
According to CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov, the mission includes representatives of the CSTO member states, who are employed by CSTO bodies.
The mission has been tasked with evaluating the situation and preparing a substantial report on the situation in the region for the CSTO heads of state. The mission will also have to work out proposals on deescalating the tensions in several areas near the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
As part of the visit the mission will take a close look at the situation in areas next to the border and will meet with top political and military officials of Armenia.
A forward group of the CSTO mission led by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov had finished working in Armenia the day before.
