YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. Yerevan hosts outgoing session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly. The session was attended by delegations of the CSTO member-states of Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and members of the observation delegation of Serbia.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the Department of Public Relations and Information of the Armenian National Assembly (NA), the session led by the Chairman of the CSTO PA Council Sergey Naryshkin, who presented the agenda of the session. He highly appreciated the tradition of the Assembly to hold a session of the CSTO member states, adding that it allows one to get acquainted with the military infrastructure of partners. Naryshkin also thanked the Armenian side for the warm welcome.

He also touched on the issue of combating international terrorism, the Syrian crisis and other issues.

Head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the CSTO PA Eduard Sharmazanov made a speech on the priorities of the Armenian chairmanship in the organization.

 "We always stand in favor of peaceful resolution of all the issues, particularly the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in format of the OSCE Minsk Group - on the basis of three well-known principles. Military rhetoric, use of force or threat of force should be not only unacceptable, but also condemned by all of us. For our organization it is vital to call things by their names. Only then will we be able to prevent the recurrence of such threats, “Sharmazanov said.

Speeches on the military-political situation in the Caucasus were also made by the permanent representative of Armenia in the CSTO Davit Virabyan and head of the Department of Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) of Armenia, Levon Ayvazyan. Other members of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly also made speeches.

After the meeting, the Chairman of the CSTO PA Council Sergey Naryshkin and head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the CSTO PA Eduard Sharmazanov presented the media the discussed issues of agenda and summed up the meeting.