ARMENIAN DELEGATION HEADS TO KASAKHSTAN FOR CSTO COUNCIL SESSION
Support A1+!A delegation headed by Armenian president Robert Kocharian will leave Thursday for Kazakhstan's capital of Astana to attend a regular session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's (CSTO) Council. Kocharian's press service says defense minister Serzh Sarkisian as well as other senior officials and journalists will accompany the president.
Foreign and defense ministers of the countries, members of the CSTO Council and secretaries of national security councils will participate in the event. Heads of states are expected to exchange their views in narrow circle concerning the situation in the zone of responsibility of CSTO and its role and importance in building a new international security system.
The heads of states will sign a range of documents, particularly on CSTO priorities in 2004-2005, the concept on formation of and application of peacemaking mechanisms.
The Armenian delegation will fly back home on June 19.
