Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan founded the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and joining forces in a cri

Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia & Tajikistan founded the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and joining forces in a crisis

05/ 02/ 2009

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is gradually transforming itself into a full-blooded military set-up.

A key factor here has been the decision taken just now at the organization's Moscow summit to set up a collective rapid-response force to help bloc members to repulse aggression or in an emergency.

The strengthening of the CSTO has been one of Russia's main foreign policy successes in recent years. The process was a long and difficult one: the treaty, signed in 1992 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, remained on paper for a long time. It was not until 2000, when Russia began regaining its influence in Central Asia, that the treaty took on a life of its own. In 2002, an organization with a permanent structure was set up on the basis of the treaty. This was a time when Russia and the United States vied for a leading role in Central Asia, where the U.S. set up its bases after 2001 to supply NATO's troops in Afghanistan.

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