Lukashenka goes to informal CSTO summit

The Belarusian ruler plans to arrive to Kyrgyzstan on July 30. The previous Collective Security Treaty Organization summit had been ignored by him because of a conflict with Russia.

The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Belarus Ishenkul Boldzhurova has informed about Lukashenka’s participation in the summit at a press-conference in Minsk on July 28.

As said by her, at the informal summit presidents to define the agenda themselves. “According to our knowledge, issues of informational security of the CSTO and creation of a youth camp on the shore of Issyk Kul. The financial crisis, terrorism problems could become topics of conversation, too,” the Ambassador said.

The diplomat does not exclude that during the informal summit presidents would discuss the agreement on creation of collective rapid reaction force in the framework of the CSTO, which hasn’t been signed by Belarus. “The informal summit does not mean signing any documents. But if participants would persuade any of the presidents who hadn’t signed, signing is possible at the next official summit,” Boldzhurova said.

Creation of the CSTO collective rapid reaction force was the main topic of the CSTO summit in Moscow on June 14. Belarus refused to participate in it because of the “milk war” with Russia.