CSTO accepts Uzbekistan's withdrawal
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says member countries
of the Collective Treaty Security Organization (CSTO) have accepted
Uzbekistan's decision to suspend its membership, Radio Liberty
reported.
Lukashenka made the statement in Moscow at a summit of the the
regional security group.
In June, Uzbekistan suspended its membership in the organization,
which now consists of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Lukashenka said, however, that "there will be no easy terms" for
Uzbekistan if it wants to rejoin the group at a later date.
Officials said the December 19 meeting would also discuss the
situation in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of most international
forces in 2014.
During the summit, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent statement that
Russian-led alliances represent an attempt to "re-Sovietize" the
Eurasian region.
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