ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated on the sidelines of the CSTO Collective Security Council session that the issue of CSTO Secretary General was taken off from the session agenda. At the same time he informed that the heads of CSTO member countries will return to this issue in the end of 2016 during the meeting in Russia.
To note, earlier a decision was made that CSTO Secretary General will be appointed once in three years based on rotation considering the Russian alphabet. During the session in Yerevan Secretary General form Armenia should have been chosen. Names of various candidates have been announced. Serzh Sargsyan has chosen Secretary of Armenia's Security Council Yuri Khachaturov. However, one month ago Serzh Sargsyan announced in his inner circle that most likely there will be no rotation and this is even better for Armenia. According to the source the President stressed that Secretary General from Russia meets Armenia's interests.