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CSTO Discusses Afghan Contingency Plans

November 09, 2012

A working group for the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has convened in Moscow to discuss possible options should the situation in Afghanistan worsen after foreign forces withdraw from that country.

CSTO General Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha addressed the group, stressing the need for coordinated action to prevent any problems in Afghanistan from spilling over the border into CIS Central Asian states.

"It's important for us to have answers to questions about the durability of the government in Kabul," Bordyuzha said.

Bordyuzha also said there would be a CSTO meeting on December 3 to discuss questions about the transit of foreign forces from Afghanistan through CIS territory as the planned 2014 drawdown of NATO-U.S. forces gets under way.

The CSTO groups Russia with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

Based on reporting by ITAR-TASS and Interfax

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/cis-discusses-afghan-contingency-plans/24766571.html

Copyright (c) 2012. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.