Belarus ratifies all agreements signed within Collective Security Treaty Organization

Belarus has ratified all the agreements signed within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the chairman of the permanent commission for international affairs and ties with the CIS of the Chamber of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly, Vadim Popov, has told today during a meeting with the CSTO general secretary, Nikolai Bordiuzha. However, it does not mean that the work of parliamentarians in the CSTO has finished, he noted. Deputies intend to work in the framework of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly (CSTO PA). According to Vadim Popov, the first plenary session of the CSTO PA was held in St. Petersburg on March 30 this year. During the session the Belarusian side presented its official proposals to the three permanent commissions of the Parliamentary Assembly. “I think parliamentarians of other CSTO countries will file in their proposals by May and we will be able to hold an organizational meeting in St. Petersburg to approve the plan of work”, the deputy noted.