BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

02/10/2009

Belarus completes procedures to sign treaty on CSTO forces

MINSK, October 2 (Itar-Tass) -- Belarus has completed all the procedures to sign the treaty on Collective Rapid-Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday at a press conference for representatives of Russian regional mass media.

"By today we have completed all the procedures for signing," he said when he was asked about joining of Belarus to the treaty on forces.

"We always favoured uniting processes, integration. And the CSTO is close integration in the military sphere, in military-technical cooperation. It is advantageous for us. We were extremely interested in this," Lukashenko noted.

The president also said Belarus was ready to preside over the CSTO next year as well.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14392396&PageNum=0

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