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CSTO Collective Rapid Response Forces are not NATO

Armenia Materials 13 February 2009 16:08 (UTC +04:00)

The CSTO Collective Rapid Response Forces has not been set up as a counterbalance to NATO, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Nikolai Bordiuzha told a press conference in Moscow on February 13, BelTA has learnt.

"We are creating the collective forces to respond to any emergency situation in the territory of the CSTO member states. We do not claim the global role in contrast to NATO," Nikolai Bordiuzha said.

The decision to set up the CSTO Collective Rapid Response Forces was adopted by the CSTO member states during the Moscow summit on February 4.

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