"The annual OSCE conference contributes to consolidation of the military-political dimension of European security. Russia, and, in particular, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, intend to contribute [to this] in every possible way," Bordyuzha told RIA Novosti.
In his words, the CSTO member countries (Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia) highly value the decisions and documents adopted by the OSCE in the interests of adaptation of this largest regional organization to new political realities. "The most recent of these documents is The Strategy to Address Threats to Security and Stability in the Twenty-First Century, adopted at a session of the OSCE Council of Ministers in December last year in Maastricht," Bordyuzha said.
In the opinion of the CSTO delegation head at the Vienna conference, "the OSCE conference that took place in the Austrian capital turned out a quite applicable format for 'synchronizing of watches' on all significant aspects of the situation on the vast Eurasian space."
However, little attention at the conference was paid to a number of urgent issues whose decision the OSCE could have contributed to, Bordyuzha believes. In particular, he said, "the unresolved issue of joining the Conventional Forces in Europe [CFE] Treaty by some new NATO members cannot but cause concern."
"The situation in Afghanistan whose territory remains a source of growing drug trafficking, bandit raids to neighboring states, including the OSCE member countries, is still far from stability and political settlement," Bordyuzha stressed.
The second annual OSCE conference on security issues was held in Vienna from June 23 to 24, 2004.
The agenda contained all the spectrum of issues in the sphere of European security: prevention of terrorism and the fight against it; security and management of borders; overwhelming security: strategic approach; and the discussion of further steps to develop security-related dialogue in the OSCE.
