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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BISHKEK, May 19 (Xinhua) — A meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was held in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, on Monday, the press service of the Kyrgyz parliament reported.
The heads of parliaments of Kyrgyzstan Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu, Russia Vyacheslav Volodin, Kazakhstan Erlan Koshanov, Tajikistan Faizali Idizoda and Belarus Igor Sergeenko took part in the work of the CSTO PA Council meeting. The Chairman of the Security Committee of the National Assembly of Serbia Milovan Dretsun was present as an observer.
The parliamentary leaders of the CSTO member states heard information from CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov on the implementation of the decisions taken in November 2024 at the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the measures taken to counter challenges and threats to collective security. The CSTO Secretary General noted that the adopted historic agreement on the state border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is an important step that will further strengthen ties within the CSTO.
Discussing issues on ensuring the sustainability and stability of the socio-political situation in the territory of the CSTO member states, the heads of parliamentary delegations emphasized that the agreements reached between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the peaceful settlement of border issues reflect the principles of friendship, unity of fraternal peoples and good neighborliness, on which interaction within the CSTO is developing.
The heads of parliament also heard information on the participation of representatives of the CSTO PA in international election observation in CSTO member states and on the coordination of actions in international parliamentary organizations. –0–