SOCHI, May 24 (RIA Novosti)-The Collective Security Treaty Organization will undergo a sweeping reform at an upcoming summit in June to tackle a number of objectives, the secretary general said Wednesday.
Nikolai Bordyuzha said the reform at the June 23 Minsk meeting would mean the group, founded in 2002, would form its own peacekeeping forces, collective forces to tackle emergency situations and a number of auxiliary bodies to combat extremism and illegal migration.
Bordyuzha said the CSTO, which unites Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, would be transformed "from a military-political organization into an organization that can promptly and effectively respond to modern threats and challenges."
He said a joint exercise was scheduled for June 24 and there were plans to draw up lists of terrorist organizations operating in CSTO member countries.
