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On December 1, the RA NA Vice President, the member of the NA delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO PA) Hakob Arshakyan participated in the roundtable online discussion organized on the occasion of the 15^th anniversary of the formation of the CSTO PA.

In his welcoming speech, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan has underlined that the challenges and threats of the last years testify to the need to put efforts together to ensure security and successfully respond to the global challenges.

The NA Vice President referred to the jubilee events: the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly celebrates the 15^th anniversary, the 30^th anniversary of the Agreement of the Collective Security and the 20^th anniversary of the organization of the Agreement of the Collective Security will be celebrated next year. “During this period, the organization strengthened its status as a multi-functional regional international organization,” Hakob Arshakyan said.

The NA Vice President touched upon the priorities of the presidency of our country in the organization, aimed at increasing the potential of the structure for the sake of ensuring collective security and balanced development.

According to the Vice President of Parliament, it is necessary to improve crisis response mechanisms. In this context, he highlighted the mechanisms of monitoring, forecasting and warning of crisis situations.

“We consider it necessary to establish military cooperation between the CSTO member states in order to increase the combat readiness, unit and movability of collective security forces. We will make efforts to elaborate issues, modernize and improve the proposals, aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the fight against terrorism and extremism, information security, the fight against drugs and the fight against the illegal migration,” Hakob Arshakyan stated.

He has spoken about the important role of parliamentary diplomacy and added that steps will continue to be worked out to expand the international parliamentary cooperation.

“On the international parliamentary platforms, we, as partners, with the participation of our delegations, should show a united and coordinated position on the issues affecting the interests of the allies, the CSTO member states,” Hakob Arshakyan expressed conviction.

According to the NA Vice President, it is necessary to take measures to overcome the challenges and threats in the field of international security, as well as to ensure the continuous parliamentary cooperation in the field of foreign policy and security. “Armenia is open to cooperation in solving global and regional problems on the principles of equality, mutual respect and also taking into account the interests,” Hakob Arshakyan underlined.