On July 23, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received the Secretary-General of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha.

Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian stressed that Armenia attaches great importance to the cooperation within the CSTO as an important component of security provision, and will continue its consistent efforts towards the strengthening of allied collaboration within the Organization.

Edward Nalbandian and Nikolay Bordyuzha touched upon the agenda of the sessions of CSTO statutory bodies, scheduled for autumn in Dushanbe, questions related to the upcoming Presidency of Armenia within the CSTO.

During the meeting the process of implementation of the decisions reached during the session of Collective Security Council at the end of the previous year, as well as issues related to the foreign policy coordination of the member-states of the Organization were discussed.