OSCE Secretary-General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut will take part in the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) summit in Dushanbe on October 6, the OSCE office in Tajikistan said in a press release on Thursday.

According to the document, “The OSCE is an important partner of the OSCE in security issues related to the entire Central Asian region.” In Tajikistan the OSCE contributes to local authorities to eliminate small arms and light weapons in order to “make cooperation more open and transparent”.

During the visit to Dushanbe, the OSCE secretary-general is planning to meet CSTO Secretary-General Nikolai Bordyuzha and Tajik Foreign Minister Khamrakhon Zarifi.

The CSTO summit is expected to focus on the Agreement on Collective Peacekeeping Force of the CSTO.

Meanwhile, Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member states are discussing security issues in Dushanbe. Taking part in the meeting are the foreign ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Kyrgyz Foreign Minister 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 its 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 said.