Russia's Naryshkin to head CSTO parliamentary assembly

Russian Parliamentary Speaker Sergey Naryshkin is going to head the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Parliamentary Assembly, RIA Novosti cites the head of the State Duma's Committee for CIS Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, as saying.

"Taking into consideration the importance of the CSTO, Mr. Narushkin decided to head the body's parliamentary assembly himself," Mr. Slutsky said.