CSTO has no reason and no power to conduct any military operation - expert

A summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was held today in the Russian capital Moscow. The parties agreed to discuss establishment of military bases of non-CSTO states on the territory of the alliance.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev hailed the agreement, saying it's a remarkable step towards political integration of the post-Soviet countries.

However, Russian political analyst Vladimir Yevseyev seems sceptical. According to him, the CSTO is far from being a powerful military alliance like NATO.

The CSTO member-states are, in fact, indifferent to each other's internal affairs and reluctant to help their neighbours, the expert believes.