Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member states are discussing in Dushanbe on Thursday issues of security. Taking part in the meeting are the foreign ministers of Armenia, Belarus, kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Ednan Karabayev is chairing the meeting because the CSTO presidency will be handed over at the session from Belarus to Kyrgyzstan.

It is a jubilee meeting in Tajikistan because the Collective Security Treaty turns 15 this year and the organisation marks the fifth anniversary since foundation. "In this connection the sides will exchange views on priority directions of the CSTO activity with taking into account the military-political situation developing in the organisation’s responsibility zone," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin noted.

"The parties will consider draft documents on the organisational registration of the peacekeeping activity mechanism, creation of the Coordinating committee for emergency situations," the diplomat added.

The foreign ministers of the organisation will also consider the block of military building issues. "Brought forward for discussion are the draft documents on the improvement of the regulatory framework of military-economic cooperation, the order of the intended use of military purpose products, as well as easy-term supplies of weapons and special equipment for law enforcement agencies and security services of CSTO member states," Kamynin said.

"The discussion of the issue of the mechanism of the provision of military-technical assistance to CSTO members states in the event of emerging aggression threat or committed act of aggression will help strengthen the collective security system in this sphere," Kamynin believes.