Astana is hosting an informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, RIA Novosti reports.
There will be 6 out of 7 presidents at the meeting: Dmitry Medvedev
(Russia), Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan), Alexander Lukashenko
(Belarus), Serzh Sargsyan (Armenia), Emomali Rahmon (Tajikistan) and
Roza Otunbayeva (Kyrgyzstan). Uzbek President Islam Karimov will not
participate.
The summit was organized at the Rikos Hotel. It is an informal meeting
to discuss security and stability of the CSTO, conflict settlement, US
withdrawal from Afghanistan, natural disasters and other issues.
